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Mille e una Notte
An icon of Italian excellence
Mille e una Notte
Vintage 2008
Change vintageMille 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 undertones of black mulberries and cherries in alcohol. Ample with caressing tannins, Mille e una Notte 2008 confirms its complexity and elegance, the distinctive characteristics of this important wine, Donnafugata’s flagship red wine.
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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
14 - 16 months in new French oak barrique 30 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 13.35% volTotal acidity: 6.2pH: 3.58
Awards & Acknowledgments.
We produce with respect for the environment, wines that convince enthusiasts, experts and collectors from all over the world.
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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.
A prestigious red with a noble and revolutionary soul
Between tradition and innovation
Craftsmanship, creativity and innovation blend into this prestigious red, inspired by one of the protagonists of the novel “The Leopard”. The “passionate” and “revolutionary” character can be found in the style of the namesake wine that was created in 1990, from the innovative blend of an international variety with an indigenous one: Cabernet Sauvignon and Nero d’Avola; a production choice that has led to the discovery of Sicilian winemaking excellence at an international level.
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.
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