Azienda Agricola Lamoresca

Sicilia, Italy

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From SelectioNaturel:

Filippo Rizzo and his wife Nancy met many years ago when Filippo owned and operated a small restaurant in Belgium. At that time Filippo was among the first to be talking about and serving natural wines anywhere outside of Paris. His family had ties to Sicily and he was truly passionate about the preservation of the land and the importance of additive free wine. After years in restaurants and retail Filippo decided to get back to the land the best way he knew how: become a winemaker. With an 11 hectare farm, 4 of which are under vine, Filippo and Nancy have built the tiny Lamoresca estate from the ground up. While reviving his own olive groves and vines, Filippo spent several vintages with Frank Cornelissen making wine on Mt. Etna. Lamoresca is the only winery for roughly 50 square km and Filippo and his farmhand Gaetano work the land endlessly by hand.

Lamoresca is located in the southernmost corner of the province of Catania, between Etna and Gela on the southern coast, at ~450 meters above sea level. The area has a combination of deeply compressed sandstone soils mixed with calcium and iron rich clay. The old vines are worked without the aid of any chemicals. The wines are naturally fermented without temperature control and only minimal sulfur is used, and only if deemed absolutely necessary.

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