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All vintages
The wine
- Colour
- Bianco
- Alcohol
- 13.5% vol
Critics' scores
- Robert Parker / Wine Advocate 93
The 2013 Sicilia Cometa is the first in a mini series of excellent vintages to come. This wine is more firm and streamlined than 2014, but also riper and more fragrant than 2015. This expression shows a deep sense of varietal purity with aromas of white peach, poached pear, pine nut and dried herb. Those delicate herbal characteristics with dry hay and garden herb become more prominent as the wine evolves and develops in the bottle. Fruit comes mostly from the Gurra vineyard (in the Menfi area of Southwest Sicily) with limestone and chalk soils. This wine delivers bright acidity, but it also shows ripe and opulent fruit that you can expect from this warm vintage. The Fiano grape benefits from the kind of heat and water stress seen in 2013.
- James Suckling 92
This shows beautiful minerals, lime skin and sliced grapefruit. Full body, subtle fruit and a long, clean finish. Very lively and fine. Drink now.
The producer: Planeta
Planeta passionately believes that each terroir merits its own winery – making them one of the few producers in Sicily to own wine estates all over the island. There are, in fact, six wine-producing estates: Feudo di Mezzo in Etna, Buonivini in Noto, Dorilli in Vittoria, Dispensa in Menfi, Ulmo in Sambuca di Sicilia and La Baronia in Capo Milazzo. Recently established in 1995, the Planeta company has quickly created a deeply rooted reputation for quality wines. Cousins Alessio, Francesca and Santi Planeta currently run the business, but behind them they have a long family history of skilled Sicilian farmers. Therefore, its innovative vinification procedures are matched with ritualistic know-how making detail-oriented, never hurried wines. The six separate estates equal over 360-hectares of vineyards, consisting of native varieties: Grecanico, Carricante, Moscato di Noto, Frappato, Nerello Mascalese and Nero d’Avola, as well as classic French varieties, such as Chardonnay, Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet.