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Mille e una Notte
An icon of Italian excellence
Contessa Entellina

Mille e una Notte

Vintage 1996

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Mille e una Notte 1996 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral notes of violets with a light trace of tobacco at the close. A wine with a big structure and a remarkable personality.

Mille e una Notte

Denomination

Contessa Entellina Doc

Variety

Nero d’Avola, and a small percentage of other varieties

Production Area

Contessa Entellina estate and neighboring territories, South Western Sicily

Refinement

24 months in new French oak barrique and 12 months in bottle

At the table

We suggest it with Slow-cooked rack of lamb, pappardelle with pork ragout, roasts, tournedos Rossini.

Analytical data

Alcohol 13.1% vol.Total acidity: 6pH: 4.13

Awards & Acknowledgments.

We produce with respect for the environment, wines that convince enthusiasts, experts and collectors from all over the world.


Gold Medal
Vinalies d'Or

At Contessa Entellina, where Donnafugata comes from

In the settings of the Gattopardo

In the heart of western Sicily - among the hills of Contessa Entellina, between 200 and 500 m a.s.l. - lie the vineyards Donnafugata comes from. The climate is Mediterranean, with rain concentrated during the autumn and winter months, dry and breezy summers, with a great range of air temperature variations between day and night. The soils are predominantly medium-clayey, but vary according to the peculiarities of the individual districts.

The iconic Donnafugata red wine

Italian wine excellence

Produced from the best grapes of the year, Mille e una Notte best expresses the company's tailor-made wine-making process. Following the careful manual harvest of the grapes, a further selection of the bunches and grapes is carried out on the vibrating table. A latest generation destemmer is then able to select the best grapes and discard the green and overripe ones. Fermentation in steel tanks with maceration on the skins for about 14 days, our wine then ages in French oak barrels and a long period in bottles.

The story of Mille e una Notte

Giacomo and Gabriella's dream

Mille e una Notte was born from Giacomo and Gabriella’s dream of creating a wine that would be unique on the Sicilian wine scene. A dream that became reality thanks to the consultation of the enologist Giacomo Tachis, together with whom Giacomo Rallo gave life to the blend of Mille e una Notte: a combination of Nero d'Avola and international varieties, an excellent red capable of innovating the perception of Sicilian wine throughout the world.

Mille e una Notte

In the author's imagination, the palace illustrated on the label is inspired by the one where Queen Maria Carolina took refuge while fleeing from Naples and was the favorite house of the writer Tomasi di Lampedusa in Santa Margherita Belìce. Gabriella Anca Rallo – founder of Donnafugata together with her husband Giacomo – captures its image and embeds it into the sky from “The Arabian Nights”, full of stars and full of promises. A tribute to the passionate masterpiece of oriental literature, capable of telling a thousand and one fairy tales.


Shoulder of Black Pigs of the Nebrodi with Bronte pistachios
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Thyme lamb chops with braised carrots
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Pantelleria-style roulades of veal
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Fillet of beef with porcini
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Chocolate Muffins
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The other vintages.

Mille e una Notte 2020 Sicilia Doc Rosso

Intense ruby red in colour, Mille e Una Notte 2020 presents a broad bouquet characterised by fruity notes of blackberries and black mulberries, fresh balsamic hints of liquorice, spicy notes...

Mille e una Notte 2019 Sicilia Doc Rosso

With an intense ruby red color, Mille e Una Notte 2019 presents a complex bouquet characterized by notes of blackberries and current, fresh balsamic hints, spicy scents of black pepper...

Mille e una Notte 2018 Sicilia Doc Rosso

Mille e una Notte 2018, with an intense ruby red color,  presents a complex bouquet characterized by notes of red (cherry) and black (blackberry) fruits, fresh balsamic (eucalyptus) and spicy...

Mille e una Notte 2017 Sicilia Doc Rosso

Intense ruby red colored, Mille e una Notte 2017 is characterized by an ample bouquet, with fruity notes (blackberry and black mulberry) and balsamic (liquorice) and scents of cocoa and...

Mille e una Notte 2016 Sicilia Doc Rosso

Mille e una Notte 2016 is caressing and intense, characterized by an ample bouquet with fruity notes combined with balsamic and spicy scents. Donnafugata’s flagship red confirms itself as an...

Mille e una Notte 2015 Sicilia Doc Rosso

Intense ruby red colored, Mille e una Notte 2015 is characterized by an ample bouquet, with fruity notes (blackberry and black mulberry) and balsamic (liquorice) and spicy scents followed by...

Mille e una Notte 2014 Terre Siciliane Igt

Intense ruby red colored, Mille e una Notte 2014 is characterized by an ample bouquet, with fruity notes (blackberry and plum) and balsamic (liquorice) and spicy scents followed by hints...

Mille e una Notte 2013 Terre Siciliane Igt

Ruby red colored, Mille e una Notte 2013 has an ample and enveloping bouquet characterized by fruity notes of mulberry and blackberry, and balsamic and spicy scents (nutmeg). In the...

Mille e una Notte 2012 Terre Siciliane Igt

Mille e una Notte 2012 has an ample and enveloping bouquet characterized by fruity notes of mulberry, blackberry and plum, and balsamic and spicy scents (nutmeg). In the mouth it...

Mille e una Notte 2011 Sicilia Igp

Mille e una Notte 2011 is characterized by an ample bouquet, with notes that range from red fruit (cherry) to spices (pepper and liquorice). The palate is fragrant, it perfectly...

Mille e una Notte 2010 Sicilia Igp

An intense and enveloping bouquet, Mille e una Notte 2010 opens with notes of red fruit (plums and ripe cherries) enriched by fine spicy hints of black pepper and chocolate....

Mille e una Notte 2009 Contessa Entellina Dop

Mille e una Notte 2009 offers an enveloping and fragrant bouquet, balsamic notes stand out, perfectly combined with pleasant hints of spice. The mouth is soft and opens with notes...

Mille e una Notte 2008 Contessa Entellina Dop

Mille e una Notte 2008 has a ruby red colour, the nose offers a charming bouquet with notes of tobacco and cocoa. These aromas return on the palate with fruity...

Mille e una Notte 2007 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 2007 – the standard-bearer of Donnafugata red wines – offers a further proof of elegance and complexity. It is of an intense ruby red color; the...

Mille e una Notte 2006 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 2006 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 2005 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 2005 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 2004 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 2004 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 2003 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 2003 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 2002 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 2002 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 2001 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 2001 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 2000 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 2000 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 1999 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 1999 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 1998 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 1998 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 1997 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 1997 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and floral...

Mille e una Notte 1995 Contessa Entellina Doc

Mille e una Notte 1995 is s noble version of Nero d’Avola with a dense ruby-red color. The enthralling bouquet calls attention to mature and sweet scents and balsamic and...

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