Chardonnay grapes collected in Donnafugata vineyard

Wine and territory: the name Chiarandà and its history This wine was born in 1992 as Chiarandà del Merlo, from the names of the two vineyards in which Ansonica and Chardonnay grapes are grown.

Ten years later, with the 2002 vintage, the name was simplified into Chiarandà and the label was enriched with a female figure recounting its complexity and grace. A jewel of a wine found on the finest wine-lists.

Underground barrique room, where Chiarandà is refined

The character of a great white wine: Chiarandà Chiarandà expresses all the complexity of Sicily. It is made with only the finest selection of the Chardonnay and Ansonica, grapes that compose its blend. To enhance the "fruity" component, special care is given to fermentation and the wine's maturation time, spent half in oak and half in small cement vats. Since 2007 only Burgundy barrels have been used, for both the barriques and tonneaux.

This great white wine's bouquet evokes ripe yellow fruit, with tropical notes and scents of vanilla. It has extraordinary depth, freshness and elegance. Through its very long life it develops mineral tones. It is the standard-bearer of Donnafugata's whites.

It is a white wine for great occasions. As well as for refreshing the Donnafugata staff at the end of the long night of "Goblets of Stars", when the Contessa Entellina vineyard is illuminated and numerous wine-lovers pay a visit.

First label version;
Example of Sicilian gold work;
Author sketch

The label for Chiarandà, a jewel of a wine Like many of Donnafugata's white wine labels, it features a woman, a woman with intriguingly closed eyes.
In the illustration for Chiarandà this woman, standing on a pedestal, is surrounded by geometric and naturalistic decorations accentuating her airy grace.

An image in which everything speaks of Sicily. The dark tresses framing the face of the noblewoman, the garlands and branching designs of the most refined Sicilian gold-work, the prickly pear and palm tree in nature and in pottery, the golden bunch of Chardonnay picked by moonlight.

A complex and elegant image, reflecting Donnafugata's jewel of a wine.