Wines

In an effort to better understand and represent the wonderful wines of Italy, Rocco has created a new wine list. We have chosen to feature wines from three distinct geographic areas, each area for two months at a time. We’ll start with the wines from southern Italy ; Calabria, Puglia, Molise, Campania, Basilicata as well as the islands of Sicily and Sardegna. Next, we’ll move north to focus on the wine of the central regions and lastly on to those from the north. Each selection is written to tell name of wine, producer, grape and region, in that order. Salute!

glass/bottle

bianco

chardonnay/ tormaresca/chardonnay/puglia … 8/28
inzolia/calea/inzolia/sicily … 7/25
vermentino “la cala”/sella and mosca/vermentino/sardegna … 9/30
fiano de avellino/donnachiara/fiano/campania … 9/30
bianco della basilicata/re manfredi/muller thurgau & traminer/basilicata … 12/38

rosso

 monica di sardegna/santa maria/monica/sardegna … 7/25
nero d’ avola/tenuta rapitala/nero d’ avola/sicily … 7/25
“costera”/arigiolas/cannoneau/ sardegna … 10/35
salice salentino/leone de castris/ negroamaro & black malvasia/puglia … 8/28
cacci’e mmitte di lucera/alberto longo/uva di troia & montepulciano &
bombino bianco/puglia … 13/45

bottle only

bianco

“ciro bianco”/librandi/greco bianco/calabria … 25
an ancient greek varietal grown in the ionian coastal town of ciro marina.
“purato”/santa tresa/cattaratto-pinot grigio/sicily … 28
“purato” for purely sicilian and for a strong commitment to environmentally pure winemaking practices.
falanghina “flora”/ocone/falanghina/campania … 28
from the word falangae, or upright poles, used to support the vines.
lacryma christi bianco/feudi san gregorio/coda di volpe & falanghina/campania … 35
the origin of this ancient variety, coda di volpe, is said to have been created by the “tears of christ.”
“fontanavigna”/terre del principe/pallagrello bianco/campania … 40
pallagrello, another ancient grape whose vineyard was originally planted around a “fontana” or fountain.

rosso 

syrah/case ibidini/syrah/sicily … 25
second label of valle dell’acate, an estate which has been making wine in bidini for nearly 200 years.
aglianico del vulture/beseglia/aglianico/basilicata … 30
grown and bottled in lavello on the lower slopes of the extinct volcano, mount vulture.
“arvino”/tenuta statti/gaglioppo & cabernet/calabria … 34
“arvino” is a name for gaglioppo in calabrian dialect.
biferno rosso “ramitello”/di majo norante/montepulciano-aglianico/molise … 35
named after the biferno river and the vineyards situated in the ramitello zone of molise.
carignano del sulcis “rocca rubia” riserva/cantina santadi/carignano/sardegna … 45
well-respected cooperative producer from sulcis, an area in southwest sardina near the dazzling beaches and white sand dunes of porto pino.
“fastaia”/ceuso de melia/cabernet sauvignon & merlot & petite verdot/sicily … 50
this super-sicilian is named for the fastaia river, which runs through the vineyards.
“saia”/feudo maccari/nero d’avola/sicily … 55
“saia”- an ancient arab word for small canals or viaducts used to hold water in the summer months.
cabernet sauvignon “missoni”/feudi del pisciotto/cabernet sauvignon/sicily … 50
adorned with one of a series of italian fashion designer labels, this for sicilian-born ottavio missoni.
etna rosso/callabretta/nerello mascalese & nerello cappuccino/sicily … 50/150 3 liter
from the slopes of the volcano mount etna, this wine favors the style in which great barolos are made.
taurasi /terredora/aglianico/campania … 65
“ taurasi is the dark monarch of the aglianico family thanks to its incredibly rich and
multifaceted personality” - hugh johnson.