Fondo Filara Bio Insolia
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2023
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled seafood, pasta with clams, light vegetable antipasti
✨ Technical Specifications
Cantine Nicosia’s Fondo Filara line celebrates the rich biodiversity and unique terroirs of Sicily through certified organic viticulture. The Insolia grape, one of Sicily's most ancient indigenous white varieties, thrives in the sun-drenched vineyards where cooling maritime breezes preserve its vibrant acidity. Historically valued as a key component in Marsala production, modern estates like Nicosia have championed Insolia as a monovarietal still wine to showcase its elegant, aromatic character. This organic expression is vinified entirely in stainless steel tanks to maintain its pristine fruit profile, offering a sensory journey through Sicily's coastal hillsides with notes of white flowers, citrus, and a distinct saline minerality derived from the island's rich soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1898 by Francesco Nicosia on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna, Cantine Nicosia has evolved across five generations into an ambassador of Sicilian viticulture. Today steered by Carmelo Nicosia alongside his sons Francesco and Graziano, the estate combines modern winemaking precision with deep regional tradition under the guidance of head enologist Maria Carella. Vineyards span key microclimates across the island, notably the terraced volcanic sands and decomposed lava fields of Monte Gorna near Trecastagni at roughly 700 meters elevation, as well as limestone-rich calcareous soils in Vittoria. Working through certified organic farming and vegan-certified protocols, Nicosia focuses heavily on indigenous Sicilian varieties. Their benchmark white expressions—spanning Generazione Mille898 mono-varietals like Grillo, Insolia, and Catarratto, through to volcanic Etna Bianco and aromatic Balanubi bottlings—are distinguished by mineral tension, saline clarity, and authentic varietal character.
🍇 Grapes
Insolia
🍷 ABV
12 - 12.5%