Centopassi Giato Bianco 2025

Centopassi Giato Bianco 2025

‘Giato’ is the name of the area around the ancient Greek theatre on Mount Jato, and this wine is the everyday bottlings from Centopassi. It is dry, very well made, and delicious, very different in style and quality from most of the commercial examples from this area.

The Giato Bianco is a blend of 60% Grillo and 40% Catarratto from the Giabbascio Pietralunga and Verzanica vineyards, planted on the Belice Corleonese plateau. These two grape varieties are widely grown in western Sicily and used to be mostly used to make Marsala. They make very good white wine too; this shows none of the vague soft character of bad commercial examples but is brisk, flavorful (hints of herbs, apple, and mandarin orange), and delicious. Shockingly good for the money.

‘I Cento Passi,’ the Hundred Steps, is an anti-Mafia film made in 2000, and Centopassi wines are grown in vineyards confiscated from convicted Mafiosi, some of them notorious (such as Salvatore ’Toto’ Riina). In other words the mere existence of this estate is a renunciation of the Mafia, and of the terrible effect that the Mafia has had on the people of Sicily for generations.

We are proud to support Centopassi and Libera Terra, the organization behind it.

Region: Sicily, Italy

Appellation: Sicilia DOC Superiore

Grapes: Grillo (60%), Catarratto (40%)

Farming: Certified organic

Altitude & Soil Type: 450 M, Clay

Maceration & Fermentation: Low temperature fermentation in stainless steel

Aging: Aged in stainless steel for six months

Production: 35,000 bottles annually