Tanca Nica Bianco Terra Forte 2022 750ml

In Pantescan dialect, "Terra Forte" refers to soils that do not contain pumice, but rather very fine red sand, a breakdown of basalt and obsidian. This type of terroir is quite rare on Pantelleria. Only 1000 bottles are produced annually. 

Terra Forte is a blend of two contradas of very old vines. Bonsulton was planted in 1930 and also produces Tanca Nica's passito in the best vintages. Scirafi was planted in 1948.

Nicoletta hand paints "Terra Forte" on each bottle.

Each of the two parcels is vinified individually. The grapes are harvested in the end of August and completely destemmed. The juice ferments on the skins for about ten days and ages in steel, fiberglass and chestnut barrels. S02 is added only during bottling (about 20 mg/L) which takes place in spring on a waning moon.

At a whopping 1000 bottles, the second largest production is a cuvée called "Terra Forte". Produced from two tancas of very old vines, here the Zibibbo grows on "terra forte" soils composed of sandy clay from degraded basalt and obsidian. The result is a much more powerful, structured expression of Zibibbo that, while keeping the grapes' trademark aromatic qualities, is more serious and age-worthy. 

-Louis/Dressner Selections