Santa Cecilia is Planeta's top-of-the-range wine, from the most important Sicilian variety: Nero d’Avola. The first vintage of this wine was in 1997. The grapes deriving from the vineyards of Nero d’Avola at Agliastro and Zuppardo are gathered by hand and immediately transported to the winery. Here they are pressed and destalked, and the crushed grapes are placed in stainless steel tanks where they begin alcoholic fermentation. The wine was aged for 18 months in 10% new wood, 20% second use wood, 35% third use wood, 35% fourth use wood.
Serve at 16-18 °C with red meat, though well matured and marbled; still better with more intense flavours like game, lamb and black pig or even sliced sausage.
Cousin Alessio with cousins Francesca and Santi made their name Planeta a world-famous brand. The renaissance of all Sicilian winemaking is linked to the Planeta winery, which continues to this day. Local and international grape varieties are grown in different parts of the island under the most favorable conditions for grapes. Planeta has its own wineries in six Sicilian provinces, with a total of 390 hectares of vineyards and 93 hectares of olive groves. Planeta produces 21 wines and 3 premium olive oils. The wine produced in the five wineries reflects the ancient spirit of the island of Sicily and the possibilities of modern winemaking. As many as 18 wine wines were awarded three glasses (the highest rating) in the Italian wine guide Gambero Rosso.
