LUNA GAIA

2025 Agramante Grillo

Few grapes tell the story of western Sicily quite as neatly as Grillo. First documented in Sicily in the late 1800s, it found a particularly happy home around Marsala, becoming one of the grapes most closely tied to the region’s historic wines. The family tree is pretty great too, with Zibibbo and Catarratto as its parents, two grapes that seem almost destined to produce something this happily suited to the Sicilian sun. We love Grillo’s bitter lemon, ripe pear, Thai mango, and this gorgeous scent of sage leaves warmed in the sun. Have it with arancine, a Palermo street-food classic, and for a minute you are somewhere much warmer.
Italy
White
Biodynamic Wine

Region:  Salemi, Trapani, Sicilia

Appellation:  Sicilia DOC

Varietal/Blend:  Grillo

ABV:  13%

Vineyard:  The grapes come from Salemi, in western Sicily, from vineyards sitting around 50 metres above sea level on medium-textured, calcareous soils. The vineyards are farmed biodynamically and are Demeter-certified, with Guyot-trained vines planted at 4,000 per hectare. Harvest is done by hand at the end of August.

Cellar: After harvest, the grapes are destemmed and gently pressed, then undergo spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel at 14–16°C for 12–14 days. The wine spends four months on its lees in tank, then rests for at least another two months in bottle before release.

CSPC:  156061

Winemakers Note: 

What the Critics are saying: 

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LUNA GAIA
2025 Agramante Grillo

Region:  Salemi, Trapani, Sicilia

Appellation:  Sicilia DOC

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Italy
White
Biodynamic Wine
Few grapes tell the story of western Sicily quite as neatly as Grillo. First documented in Sicily in the late 1800s, it found a particularly happy home around Marsala, becoming one of the grapes most closely tied to the region’s historic wines. The family tree is pretty great too, with Zibibbo and Catarratto as its parents, two grapes that seem almost destined to produce something this happily suited to the Sicilian sun. We love Grillo’s bitter lemon, ripe pear, Thai mango, and this gorgeous scent of sage leaves warmed in the sun. Have it with arancine, a Palermo street-food classic, and for a minute you are somewhere much warmer.

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  Grillo

ABV:  13%

Vineyard:  The grapes come from Salemi, in western Sicily, from vineyards sitting around 50 metres above sea level on medium-textured, calcareous soils. The vineyards are farmed biodynamically and are Demeter-certified, with Guyot-trained vines planted at 4,000 per hectare. Harvest is done by hand at the end of August.

Cellar: After harvest, the grapes are destemmed and gently pressed, then undergo spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel at 14–16°C for 12–14 days. The wine spends four months on its lees in tank, then rests for at least another two months in bottle before release.

CSPC:  156061

Winemakers Note: 

What the Critics are saying: 

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  Italy

Region:  Salemi, Trapani, Sicilia

Appellation:  Sicilia DOC

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Varietal/Blend:  Grillo

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

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Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  13%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  156061

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

Rajat Parr & Sashi Moorman in the vineyard

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