TASTING NOTES:

Nose: saline; tropical fruit; baking aromas
Sea breeze, oyster shell, saline; green mango and underripe peach + a hint of underripe guava; buttery but delicate; nutmeg

Palate: vibrant acidity with some roundness from the baking aromas/flavors and a clean, maritime-esque finish

FOOD PAIRING RECOMMENDATION:

Grilled shrimp with green chili + cilantro
or
Pasta alle vongole
or
grilled haloumi w/ lemon

ASHWIN'S REFLECTION:

Grillo is one of Sicily’s indigenous grapes (white) that was originally linked to the production of sweet wine in western Sicily → Marsala. The Caruso family is reclaiming the narrative around white wine from western Sicily by highlighting Grillo as a dry white wine with depth and finesse - something that Marsala is often characterized as lacking. Much less well-known than its Eastern-Sicily counterparts, the Caruso family aims to earn western Sicily wines a place at our table - and deservedly so, in my opinion.