Menfi

Menfi is the polished, sea-tempered face of Nero d'Avola: a warm-climate Sicilian red from the island's sun-baked south-western coast, where the Mediterranean breeze softens the summer heat and a wave of quality-minded estates has turned the district into one of Sicily's most reliable sources of supple, modern varietal wine. Expect juicy blackberry and plum, ripe but smooth tannin, warm alcohol and a rounder, fruit-forward, gently oaked style rather than the sterner structure of the far south-east.