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100% Made in Sicily<br />
Vittoria DOC<br />
Vittoria DOC includes red and white wines<br />
produced in a broad area of the Province<br />
of Ragusa and part of the Provinces of<br />
Caltanissetta and Catania. It is a zone with an<br />
ancient history of winemaking, as can be seen<br />
from numerous documents reaching back as<br />
far as the 3rd century B.C. The DOC includes<br />
five typologies: Vittoria rosso, Vittoria Calabrese<br />
(or Nero d’Avola), Vittoria Frappato, Vittoria<br />
Ansonica (or Inzolia or Insolia) and Vittoria<br />
Novello. They are mainly red wines with a red<br />
cherry colour and delicate aromas of redberried<br />
fruit that enhance the sensorial features.<br />
It is a wine that goes well with red and white<br />
meat dishes and highly seasoned hot-flavoured<br />
cheeses. The ideal serving temperature is<br />
16°/20° C. It is best consumed when just<br />
bottled or else conserved for 2-3 years.<br />
In order to exploit fully and<br />
guarantee the production, the<br />
companies in the zone have created<br />
the Consorzio Dop Monti Iblei,<br />
which protects and publicizes<br />
the quality of the oil.<br />
More information<br />
on www.tastingsicily.it<br />
or grilled), salads, meat (red, roast and<br />
boiled), pasta and light sauces.<br />
This extra-virgin olive oil is produced in a<br />
territory consisting of the Monti Iblei area,<br />
surrounded by the Provinces of Ragusa,<br />
Siracusa and Catania. In this select zone,<br />
olive cultivation is based on traditional<br />
systems, as is revealed by the presence<br />
of thousands of hectares of olive groves<br />
and hundreds of small presses, which use<br />
centrifugal oil-extraction processes, or even<br />
more traditional ones, such as pressure<br />
mechanisms. The extent of the area under<br />
cultivation has led to the birth of scores<br />
of companies bottling the product and<br />
commercializing it with an eye towards<br />
national and foreign markets.<br />
It is an important economic resource for<br />
the territory. The olives are spread over hilly<br />
terrains, or else combined with the other<br />
three crops typical of the Iblei: carobs,<br />
almonds and vines. Sometimes they are<br />
Tasting Sicily n.01/2013