100% Pinot Nero. “The passion for the noble French vines of Baron Felice Spitaleri, my ancestor and founder of the winery, inspired us to bring back this wine. In fact, Felice was the first to plant these grape varietals on the estate in the mid-19th century and the incredible complexity obtained is the result of the adaptation of such vines to a truly unique volcanic terroir.” (Arnaldo Spitaleri)

100% Pinot Nero “Blind tasting, I would have identified the vine, Pinot Noir, and thought of one of the best crus of Burgundy, for the immensity of the contents and its roundness, unknown in any other part of the terrestrial globe. But no, in this wine you feel a greater and more different complexity. A new boldness and pride, and power, even to the nose, of undergrowth, but you perceive also rapid and - not punitive - igneous hints.” (Luigi Veronelli)

100% Pinot Nero. “The baron continued to have a passion for the difficult and demanding Pinot Noir, trying and trying again, year after year, with the grapes of several vineyards both in white vinification for champagne and in red for the production of a dry red wine. In 1886 from an over thirty-year-old vineyard of Pinot Noir, dating back to the original planting in 1850, he selected the first harvest of Sant’Elia at an altitude of 1,200 metres.” (Arnaldo Spitaleri)

80% Cabernet Franc 10% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Merlot “We produce this wine inspired by the ancient blend of wines from Bordeaux and using varietals present on the estate for more than 150 years. It was in fact Baron Felice Spitaleri himself, my ancestor and founder of the winery, who first experimented and planted these grapes following his passion for Bordeaux vines developed during his long stay in France.” (Arnaldo Spitaleri)

60% Cabernet Franc 20% Cabernet Sauvignon 20% Merlot. “Blind tasting, I would have identified the vine, Pinot Noir, and thought of one of the best crus of Burgundy, for the immensity of the contents and its roundness, unknown in any other part of the terrestrial globe. But no, in this wine you feel a greater and more different complexity. A new boldness and pride, and power, even to the nose, of undergrowth, but you perceive also rapid and - not punitive - igneous hints.” (Arnaldo Spitaleri)

“The first bottle of Solicchiata 1858, then Castello Solicchiata. Still today, the most awarded Italian wine at the international and universal competitions of the 19th century, which changed Italian enology and narrated, by itself, the birth and history of the best Italian wines. In the background the honors awarded: nine first Honour Diplomas, seven Gold Medals and two Silver Cups from the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce and at the Exhibitions and Competitions in London, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, Milan, Rome, Palermo, Catania.”(Arnaldo Spitaleri)