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NBxTN Vino Bianco Frizzante, Tanca Nica 2021
Tanca Nica
Tanca Nica is run by Nicoletta Pecorelli, originally from Sardinia, and Francesco Ferreri, born and bred in Pantelleria. Francesco got the wine bug at a young age, inspired by his grandfather while making wine with him. He already knew he wanted to be a vignaiolo aged 14yo, and left Pantelleria for Conegliano (Veneto) to study at the renowned agricultural and oenological boarding school. After years of research and jobs in wineries as well as oenology labs, he got a gig at the biodynamic estate Seresin in New Zealand. And it is there, on the other side of the world, that he felt the pull of his roots – Pantelleria’s magnetic force brought him back among his grandfather’s vines (2016). Francesco came back on a mission: reviving the old ways, upholding traditions and savoir-faire that have been devalued and lost – 6,000ha of vines in the 1960s and about 500ha in 2010, sadly most of them are in the hands of big brands these days.
Nino Barraco X Tanca Nica: a collaboration between close family friends and talented vignaioli with a common vision of wine. The aim was to create a wine that links the territory of Marsala on the mainland with the island of Pantelleria, "this is to pay homage to the historic pilgrimage across the Sicilian channel. Pantelleria and Marsala have always been united by a 'fil rouge' – in the past Pantesco sailing ships brought raisins and capers to the mainland and took everything we lacked in exchange”, Francesco explains.
This scarce bottling is based on Nino's catarratto in contrada Stagnone (in front of the island of Mozia looking towards Pantelleria), where only a few meters separate the vines from the sea. Some of Tanca Nica's passulata (made from the 1931 zibibbo plot in Bonsulton's 'terra forte') was added to the still wine for the second fermentation. The vino frizzante obtained has a pressure of about 1.5 bars – a fine 'perlage' that highlights its amazing salinity. No disgorgement, it remains on its lees to ensure a long life!
Producer Tanca Nica of Francesco Ferreri and Nicoletta Pecorelli
Origin Panteleria, Sicily, Italy
Grapes 95% Catarratto, 5% Zibibbo
Vintage 2021
Alcohol 12.5% ABV
Style Medium body sparkling white
Bottle size 750ml
Winemaking Manual harvested, Catarratto fermented with indigenous yeast. Passulata sweet wine was then added for the second fermentation in bottle. Not disgorged. Unfiltred, unfined, No So2 added at bottling.
Notes Organic, Natural, Biodynamic