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May 22nd, 2020Carricante
Carricante is an ancient white grape variety indigenous to Sicily. This late-ripening white variety is commonly blended with Catarratto, but as a varietal wine, it produces a fresh, lightly fragrant wine with marked acidity. Like Chardonnay, Carricante is often subject to malolactic fermentation. The word Carricante comes from the Italian "caricare" meaning to "load up," referring to the grape's heavy yields and to when grapes were carried on a cart pulled by donkeys down the steep slopes of Mt. Etna.