Lapalicca moscato

Soil type: white with a calcareous matrix and medium texture
Altitude and position: 40-60 metres a.s.l.
Place of production: C.da Buonivini e Coste Fredde, municipality of Noto
Planting density: 5,000 plants/ha
Grapes: Moscato di Noto
Colour: white tending to yellow-gold
Olfactory and gustatory sensations: muscat aroma with hints of overripe fruit, dried figs,
dates, candied peel of citrus fruits and honey
Alcohol content: 12 - 13 % vol. in relation to the vintage.

RECOGNISATIONS
"Lapalicca" Moscato Passito di Noto 2013:

 Silver medal at the "Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2015".

 Diploma of great mention at the "International Wine Competition Vinitaly"

 "Lapalicca" Moscato Passito di Noto 2015:

 Silver medal at the "Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2017".
Gold medal in the competition "The Selection of the Mayor 2016"

Gold medal in the "Mundus Vini 2017" competition

92 points awarded by the guide "5 Star Wines Vinitaly 2017".

In 1989 the oenologist Nino Di Marco, in love with the Netino and Pachinese territory and the great qualitative peculiarities of its vines: Nero d'Avola and Moscato di Noto, decided to start a path for the creation of a winery able to combine the rich history of the territory with the technical modernity in the production of wines.

Today the company "Terre di Noto" covers about 35 hectares of vineyards with specialized cellar, mainly cultivates Nero d'Avola and Moscato, but also the main international varieties.

The company is included in the production regulations of the D.O.P. Noto, Eloro and Sicilia, which are bottled, in addition to wines to I.G.P. Terre Siciliane.

Since 2015, the company has been part of the SOStain project. SOStain is a voluntary and proactive corporate sustainability program, which is implemented through a "sustainability process" capable of leading to gradual and continuous improvements over time in the level of sustainability.

In March 2016 the Company obtained the concession to use the logo "SICILIA KM 0" (which guarantees the use of materials and services from the region of Sicily at least 85%.) whose purpose is to promote and enhance the regional quality agricultural products, encourage their consumption and marketing, ensure greater transparency of prices to consumers, ensure adequate information on the origin of products.

From 2018 the company becomes entirely organic, after a three-year period of conversion from integrated, started in 2015.