Producer Overview:
Feet well anchored in Sicilian traditions and a view to the future, beyond the Egadi Islands that watch over the Estate. This is the way how Fondo Antico introduces itself today to his Italian and International customers. The passion for the Sicilian territory, the centenary experience in viticulture and the respect for their origins are combined with research, innovation, team work, curiosity to venture towards new horizons, to communicate our wines and introduce this corner of Sicily to the world. All these elements, masterfully balanced create the inimitable synergy that enables Fondo Antico to produce extraordinary wines.
As the coral branch from the coastline for the people of Trapani, so every wine represents for Fondo Antico a precious gem to be treated with care and to be promoted, as an invaluable richness of this territory that has to be protected. Apotropaic symbol and source of local support between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the coral is became the graphic representation of the company philosophy, the Fondo Antico logo. From 1960 and until 1995, when Giuseppe Polizzotti took over the management of the estate, the annual harvest had been shared with local wine cooperatives, and the remaining part was pressed at the estate. In 1995 under the careful guidance of Giuseppe Polizzotti, the modern Fondo Antico was born. Its name represents a tribute to the toponym by which local people in ancient times, used to call this land in Contrada Portelli, where it all began.
I Versi Bianco
This cheerful young wine, made to be kept ready at all times, stems from the interplay of three ancient Sicilian grape varieties, Grecanico, Insolia and Grillo, blended together with a simple process that respects their identities.
I Versi Rosso
As fresh to the palate as it is to the nose, this medium structured wine from a blend of Nero d’Avola, Merlot and Syrah will soon become the joyful companion of your meals.
Grillo Parlante
It is a bright and lively wine, a pale yellow with greenish reflections. Its bouquet combines the delicacy of flowers with the sweetness of white fruits, giving voice to the Grillo Parlante (litt. “talking cricket”, i.e. Pinocchio’s Jiminy Cricket) and disclosing the flavors of the Grillo cultivar. On the palate it is fresh and pleasantly tasty. Its finesse and balance show a perfect compromise between acidity and ripeness of the fruit.
Nene Nero d’Avola
Nero d’Avola, Sicily’s ubiquitous grape variety, exists in the island with so many biotypes, versions, features and interpretations that is really difficult to outline a single profile. Since this is a very elegant variety, one that knows very well the environment where it thrives, denying it the space it deserves would mean missing a central figure from our culture. We grow it at 200 meters above sea level on a fresh soil, with a fair amount of limestone and sand. This is how we got a leafy Nero d’Avola vine with juicy violet-shaded berries. The resulting wine is called Nenè, like the protagonist of the story “Il Mare Colore Del Vino” by Leonardo Sciascia. Long lasting, fresh and fruity with strong hints of cherry and red fruits. In our opinion, it is so pleasant to drink that we have worked to make it a resourceful all-rounder that goes well with both meat and fish, especially if enriched with Mediterranean spices. Since it is a red wine, it is also made to cleanse the palate and make it ready for another bite… and another sip.