Bodegas Nekeas Chardonnay 'Cuvee Allier' 2024 Sicily

Bodegas Nekeas Chardonnay 'Cuvee Allier' 2024 SicilyIn production since 1995, Conchas premium Chardonnay comes from Maietas, a 3. 3 hectare vineyard of 35 year old vines (as of 2025). The southeast facing site sits at 600 m on poor, pebbly red clay soils. The must receives 12 hours of pre fermentation skin contact before a spontaneous fermentation in new French oak casks. The wine then ages in barrel for 57 months and undergoes full malolactic conversion. Just 12,000 bottles are produced. Bodegas

and a hint of vanilla

Cepa X Cepa is a cooler climate Garnacha influenced by altitude (500m) and the prevailing ‘poniente’ wind that sweeps down from the Atlantic

driven by a fresh citrus zing

The entry level wines from superstar producer Coume del Mas deliver a ton for the price tag

Needless to say it's just meticulously clean machinery and olives in the process - no chemicals are ever used

an organic farm deep in the countryside

southwest exposure

The vines are Massal selections that were carefully propagated from the estate’s original Montepulciano plantings – the Archivio vines – in 2000

nearly oily textures and ripe

followed by fermentation and brief aging in stainless steel

A hint of green melon persists through the finale

organically farmed hectare that they planted in 2003