ACANTEO Cabernet Sauvignon
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
| REGION: Agrigento, Palermo and Caltanissetta |
Colour: deep ruby red;
Bouquet: typical deep and flawless varietal notes of blackcurrant and plum alternate with intense and seductive hints of walnut husks, green bell pepper, tobacco and mint;
Taste: powerful and decisive with a strong personality, combined with an appealing softness which makes the wine dynamic and fresh, with lively tannins;
Food pairing: excellent with pappardelle pasta with wild boar ragout, rigatoni alla matriciana (bacon, tomato, olive oil and onion sauce), lamb stew. Also a winning combination with veal cheeks cooked in the very same wine, sweet-and-sour lamb, pork shanks with sauce. Preferably with aged, hard cheeses.
ACANTEO Catarratto
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Catarratto |
| REGION: Agrigento |
Colour: intense, straw yellow with greenish highlights;
Bouquet: initial impressions of evident, refined notes of apple, peach and ripe pear, followed by clear and seductive notes of acacia, broom and orange blossom flowers, minerals, almond and chamomile flowers;
Taste: savoury and vivid, it combines extraordinary freshness with a soft drinkability; rich, lively and enveloping, particularly persistent;
Food pairing: excellent with fusilli pasta with scallops, tasty sea-food lasagne or pappardelle pasta with scampi. Also excellent with steamed lobster, stewed monkfish, grouper with herbs. It also goes very well with prawn and vegetable meatballs, and breadcrumbed tattler fish.
ACANTEO Chardonnay
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Chardonnay |
| REGION: Agrigento, Palermo |
Colour: pale straw yellow with greenish highlights;
Bouquet: initial impressions typical of a great varietal as is Chardonnay, with clear and distinct aromas of acacia, broom and mimosa alternating with banana, papaya, ripe pineapple and orange-blossom flowers;
Taste: sumptuous, almost opulent, the first taste totally confirms the nose, revealing a harmonious, juicy, extremely pleasant wine with a good acidity;
Food pairing: bucatini pasta with sardines, spaghetti with deepsea octopus, tagliolini with lobster, cannelloni with fish ragout; excellent with crab, oven-baked sword-fish mini-rolls and dentex fish with herbs.
ACANTEO Grillo Biologico
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Grillo |
| REGION: Agrigento, south west Sicily |
Colour: pale straw yellow with greenish highlights;
Bouquet: elegant and wide bouquet with notes of yellow ripe fruits (peach, plum and apple) floral fragrances (gorse, rose) and pleasant hints of spices and nuts;
Taste: the palate shows a good balance between freshness and savouriness, with very lengthy and pleasant aromatics;
Food pairing: aperitif and all kind of fish dishes.
ACANTEO Grillo
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Grillo |
| REGION: Agrigento, south west Sicily |
Colour: straw yellow with greenish highlights;
Bouquet: well-defined and harmonious perfumes of hay, mimosa and chamomile, alternating with notes of rennet apples, almonds, gooseberries, exotic fruit and Mediterranean herbs;
Taste: this wine stands out for its striking personality, reflecting the aristocratic essence of the grapes. Fruity and intense, with a pleasant and well-balanced acidity;
Food pairing: delightful with Acquerello rice with nettles, spaghetti and sea urchins, fried cod, monkfish au gratin, beccaficu sardines, sole alla mugnaia and oven-baked grouper.
ACANTEO Merlot
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Merlot |
| REGION: Agrigento, Palermo and Caltanissetta |
Colour: vivid and brilliant ruby red, very intense;
Bouquet: clear and soft notes of red berries, blackcurrant jam, rhubarb, cocoa and rose, leaving space for crunchy nuances of nutmeg, cloves, tobacco and mint;
Taste: initially velvety, developing into a dense and complex wine, elegant and with a pungent freshness and well-balanced tannins;
Food pairing: a winner with tagliolini pasta with mushrooms and sausages, rigatoni pasta with hare ragout or braised veal cooked in the very same wine. Excellent with a rare juicy Chianina (T-bone) steak and with the renowned Rossini tournedos (filet mignon). Outstanding with Pecorino di Fossa cheese.
ACANTEO Nero d’Avola Biologico
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Nero d’Avola |
| REGION: Agrigento, south west Sicily |
Colour: deep and bright ruby red with strong violet hints;
Bouquet: rich in wholesome and clean sensations, ranging from red plum to cherry, from Mediterranean herbs to plain chocolate, interwoven by exceedingly pleasant nuances of black pepper;
Taste: full and decisive taste, very vivacious; remarkable welloutlined tannins, dense, soft and gentle;
Food pairing: perfect with red roasted meat-dishes and medium aged cheeses.
ACANTEO Nero d’Avola
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Nero d’Avola |
| REGION: Agrigento, Palermo and Caltanissetta |
Colour: deep and bright ruby red, with strong violet hints;
Bouquet: clean notes of red plum, cherry, Mediterranean herbs and plain chocolate, alternating with very pleasant hints of black pepper, seaweed and eucalyptus;
Taste: the nose is confirmed by the first taste, revealing a wine with good structure, soft and pleasant, with lively and wellbalanced soft tannins;
Food pairing: excellent with rigatoni pasta with red tuna stew with mint, or a tasty oven-cooked fillet of baby black pork from the Nebrodi region of Sicily and pistachios from Bronte. Also outstanding with a rich goulash of wild boar or aged cheese from Ragusa.
ACANTEO Syrah
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Syrah |
| REGION: Agrigento, Caltanissetta |
Colour: bright and deep ruby red, with violet highlights;
Bouquet: delicate and fragrant aromas of strawberry, blackberry and cherry, embellished with intense notes of laurel, light-coloured tobacco and green pepper, alternating with humus, menthol and ink;
Taste: soft and full-bodied, this wine has a pleasant structure with well integrated tannins; fresh and dynamic, it unfolds on the palate to reveal its unquestionable finesse;
Food pairing: tasty lasagne with ragout, barbecued pork sausages, tuna steaks with almonds, oven-baked mutton, tripe and sauce, saltimbocca alla romana (sautéed slices of veal with ham and sage), salted cod with olives and capers. Syrah is also perfect with pungent, matured cheeses.
ACANTEO 1° Nero d’Avola - Syrah
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 50% Nero d’Avola, 50% Syrah |
| REGION: Agrigento, south west Sicily |
Colour: very intense ruby red with purple hints;
Bouquet: unfolds with clean accents of blackcurrants, cherries in alcohol and blackberry jam with fine hints of Indian ink, tobacco, juniper, coffee, nutmeg and thyme;
Taste: a powerful wine of great personality, with notes of red fruits and spices. Tannins are dense and soft revealing a skilful use of wood;
Food pairing: ravioli with ricotta cheese and pork sauce, cavati pasta with black Nebrodi pig, stewed wild boar liver, paprika goulash, lamb leg stuffed with herbs. Also amazing with hard, matured and spicey cheeses.
Milone Nero d’Avola
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Nero d’Avola |
| REGION: Agrigento, south west Sicily |
Colour: deep and bright ruby red colour with violet hints;
Bouquet: clear notes of red ripe fruits followed by balsamic and spicy hints;
Taste: an impression of freshness with a balanced enfolding richness and elegant tannins;
Food pairing: excellent with pasta alla norma – with eggplant and tomato sauce –, beef filet with Sichuan black pepper; superb with a pecorino cheese tasting of different ageing.
MOTYUM Inzolia
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Insolia |
| REGION: Agrigento, Palermo |
Colour: straw yellow with greenish highlights;
Bouquet: initial impressions of ripe white and yellow fruits, developing into clear notes of acacia, broom and orange blossom. Also relevant is the mineral content, typical of the terroir;
Taste: savoury and fresh, very lengthy. This wine mirrors the elegant structure, freshness and minerality of the indigenous varietal;
Food pairing: bearing in mind its mineral content, Inzolia is also suitable as an aperitif to match strong-flavours. Outstanding with seafood: shell-fish, peppered mussels, sea-urchin and octopus. Also excellent with pasta (with/out seafood), fried fish or the delicacy of scampi and prawns. Glorious with sardine fish-balls.
MOTYUM Nero d’Avola
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 100% Nero d’Avola |
| REGION: Agrigento, Palermo, Caltanissetta |
Colour: deep and bright ruby red, with strong violet hints;
Bouquet: clean notes of red plum, cherry, Mediterranean herbs and plain chocolate, alternating with very pleasant hints of black pepper, seaweed and eucalyptus;
Taste: the nose is confirmed by the first taste, revealing a wine with good structure, soft and pleasant, with lively and wellbalanced soft tannins;
Food pairing: excellent with rigatoni pasta with red tuna stew with mint, or a tasty oven-cooked fillet of baby black pork from the Nebrodi region of Sicily and pistachios from Bronte. Also outstanding with a rich goulash of wild boar or aged cheese from Ragusa.
MOTYUM Rosato
| PRODUCER: Civias | VOLUME: 750ml |
| COD: Italy | VARIETAL: 70% Nero d’Avola, 30% Nerello Mascalese |
| REGION: Agrigento, south west Sicily |
Colour: pink with coral notes;
Bouquet: perfumed and fresh notes of berry fruits and rose alternate with intriguing scents of pomegranate, raspberries and strawberries;
Taste: pungent, marine and mineral-based, this rosé wine has good structure harmoniously balanced with an inviting drinkability;
Food pairing: a good match for several tasty dishes, like appetising spaghetti with sea urchins, seafood lasagne, risotto with porcini mushrooms. Particularly pleasant with stuffed cuttlefish, ‘il polpo murato’ (an octopus dish), salted cod and small barbecued livers. La Ferla Rosé also goes well with chicken and rabbit, browned on the skillet, or even with lamb stew with vegetables. It can also be used as a rich and varied aperitif, with savoury and spicy flavours.