About this wine
Vineyard and terroir
The fruit is grown on the northern slope of Mount Etna.
Vinification
The grapes are harvested by hand, sorted in the vineyard and placed in small crates. Fermentation takes place in stainless-steel tanks at 14–16 °C.
Ageing
The wine matures for 10 months in stainless-steel tanks and second- and third-use French oak barriques, followed by seven months in bottle in the winery’s cellars before release.
Tasting profile
Elegant.
Label / history
The name Donnafugata means “woman who fled” in Italian. It refers to a legend in which Queen Maria Carolina escaped from Naples and took refuge in a palace in a town at the heart of the Santa Margherita Belice valley. The story inspired the image, used on many Donnafugata labels, of a woman’s head with her hair blowing in the wind.
The Rallo family had produced wine in Sicily for 150 years before drawing on that tradition to establish Donnafugata as a more modern company.
