Tenuta Enza La Fauci Maestro

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸 -𝐹𝑒𝓁𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒶 𝑀𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒶𝓁𝑒𝑔𝓇𝑒

Enza Fauci, a #womaninwine with immense passion for what she does, her vines, and the terroir of #sicily, low intervention and as natural as possible, her wines sing of Sicily.

𝒯𝑒𝓃𝓊𝓉𝒶 𝐸𝓃𝓏𝒶 𝐿𝒶 𝐹𝒶𝓊𝒸𝒾 𝑀𝒶𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟪

Nocera is a rare grape from the volcanic soils of Faro DOC in the northeastern Messina province of part of Sicily. It used to be considered a very important grape for bulk wine but fell out of favor. However winemakers such as Enza Fauci and a few others are taking notice of its color stability, acidity and tannin structure as well as its ageing potential as a single varietal wine. Enza Fauci has revived this rare mono-varietal as she weaves her magic with the “Maestro” in a single varietal form as only a few other do in the entire island of Sicily. Marilee tells the story - Enza says that Nocera taught her so much about making wine she had to name this wine Maestro.

Maestro 2018 paints a stunning portrait in the glass with its intense ruby hue with a tinge of garnet at the rim. Its multifaceted personality arrives in a wave of aromatic - like a bright and exuberant 8 lane highway running parallel - first with the dark fruit followed by deep leather and smoke to refreshing notes of geranium, mint, further notes of savory licorice, white pepper, star anise adding a touch of earthy mystery with an undertone of blood orange zest.

The first sip reveals the savory freshness and goodness of Sicily. The vibrant acidity is well balanced with the supple tannins of this medium bodied wine, weighing in with a 13% abv. The dancing delight continue with black cherry, black plum, black raspberry, dried figs, black tea, smoke, leather with an intensely long licorice, pepper, tomato leaf and raw cocoa finish.

It has sweet and savory peaks and valleys that you want to keep discovering where will this journey lead to next. The finish is an ode to elegance with a salty kiss of the sea. This wine ticks all of the boxes full stop.

Pair with a wine braised beef short ribs with polenta, roasted spice chicken, eggplant parmesan or deep dish pizza.