Cartagho Nero d'Avola - Mandrarossa is a Sicilian wine that doesn’t leave indifferent, starting from the name, deriving from the historical Carthage. A city, or better a population that in the ancient times widely influenced the cultural development of Sicily. Indeed, to underline the historical to the territory, the wine is a pure Nero d’Avola, which is one of the Sicilian wine varieties par excellence. In the past it was seen as a blended wine, with the passing of time it has shown more and more potential, personal and pleasant shades when in selective or careful wine making conditions. Cartagho Mandrarossa has been awarded with three glasses by gambero rosso, a further testament of the quality offered by the Sicilian winery. Intense red ruby color, the 12 months of barrique exalt the characteristics that the Nero d’Avola acquires during the refinement: mature fruit and spices aromas, while at the palate the 14% alcoholic volume are perfectly integrated in the aromatic range that goes from the vanilla to an almost floral note (very uncommon), maintaining a well velvety and direct tannin structure.

Wine and culture have always been strictly linked, indeed the enology of a territory is the expression of the same and its inhabitants, becoming automatically a heritage. A partnership that is well represented by Tenute Orestiadi, a wine cellar born in Gibellina, a village in Trapani, where a local viticulturists has established a collaboration with Fondazione Orestiadi, an important cultural institution. This is how is born a company with mission of promoting the territory identity through the Sicilian wine varieties, underlining the meeting between wine and art. As a consequence the production is oriented towards the enhancement of Sicilian typical wines as Nero D’Avola, Perricone, Frappato, Zibibbo, Grillo and so on. Recently the PERRICONE TENUTE ORESTIADI and the Frappato Tenute Orestiadi have been rewarded with the two glass Gambero Rosso, moreover the AIS (Association Italian Sommellier) has inserted in the Vitae 2019 guide the FRAPPATO TENUTE ORESTIADI, whom after the wine tasting have been attributed three vines (among 85 and 88 points out of 100) proving to be a great wine at an affordable price.