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Throughout its history Sicily has usually been controlled by greater powers, including Roman and Spanish. Although today it is part of the Republic of Italy, it has its own distinct culture. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Donnafugata grew out of the Rallo family's commitment to Sicily, always believing in the extraordinary enological potential of the land. With 150 years of tradition in producing premium wines, wine producers Giacomo Rallo and his wife, Gabriella, launched a new production project in 1983 and called it Donnafugata.
The name Donnafugata, literally “woman in flight,” refers to the history of the Habsburg queen Maria Carolina who was the consort of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon. In the initial years of the 19th century, she fled Naplesand found refuge a few miles from the estate’s vineyards. The history inspired the effigy of the head of a woman with her hair tossed by the wind that dominates the label of every bottle of Donnafugata.
Technical notes: The wine shows a precise personality linked with extremely sweet and elegant fruity sensations and notes of yellow peaches and plums. On the palate sapidity and softness unite.
