Le Casematte is a Sicilian winery founded in 2008. It was born from the dream of Gianfranco Sabbatino, an accountant by profession and a winemaker by passion. Later, Andrea Barzagli, a former footballer and a true Florentine, joined him, bringing a great passion for the wine sector. The vineyards overlook the Strait of Messina, in the Faro area, at over 500 metres above sea level.
The vineyard overlooking the Strait of Messina is located in Faro Superiore, the hill village that gives its name to the entire Faro DOC, at the northernmost tip of Sicily. The estate owes its unique name to the presence of two casemates.
The total vineyard area is about 11 hectares and is cultivated organically with varieties including Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio, Nocera, and Nero d’Avola for the black grape varieties, as specified by the Faro DOC regulations, as well as Grillo and Caricante for the white grape varieties.
The training systems used are espalier and bush vine (alberello).
The winery, modern and functional, has recently been expanded and equipped with a new barrel cellar for ageing and a comfortable panoramic tasting room. The hilly soils where our terraced vineyards lie reach about 500 metres in altitude, face north, and overlook the sea. The winds from the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas that meet in the nearby Strait of Messina create a unique microclimate that greatly favours the temperature variation between day and night, even in midsummer, thus preventing thermal stress on our vines during the delicate ripening phase.
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