Lenza Lunga, Marabino
Grape
100% Nero d'Avola
Drinking Window
Drink now or by 2026
Region
Noto, Sicily
Pairings
Busiate pasta with tuna sauce,
cacio and pepe pasta, grilled vegetables pie
but also a nice grilled beef steak
Regional Recipe
Winemaker Notes
Marabino's Rosso di Contrada "Lenza Lunga" is obtained from 100% Nero d'Avola grapes grown in Buonivini district in the Noto area. The vineyard takes its name from its typical "lenza" shape, which in local dialect indicates a plot with a narrow and long shape. The vines, trained using spurred cordon, grow on calcareous-clayey soils, at an altitude between 30 and 69 meters above sea level. The alcoholic fermentation, which converted the sugars into alcohol, lasts for 15 days with the help of indigenous yeasts, followed by a long maceration on the skins. Before being released on the market, the wine refines for 12 months in steel tanks plus a further 6 months in the bottle. Marabino produces its wines following the biodynamic style, i.e. without the use of herbicides and synthetic chemical fertilizers.