Centopassi 17 Items

The wines of Centopassi are some of the most unique in all of Sicily, and come from various vineyards in the high Belice Corleonese, a plateau at over 500 meters (1800 feet) above sea level, near the town of Corleone, south of Palermo. The soils are clay of various kinds, at an altitude that gives cool nights and fresh acidity at harvest; the vineyards are cultivated organically; the varieties are indigenous to Sicily, which is to say adapted to the conditions found here; the winemaking allows the native character of the fruit to shine. The name Centopassi, the Hundred Steps, is also the name of an anti Mafia film made in 2000, which is directly related to the winery. The Centopassi wines are grown in vineyards confiscated from convicted Mafiosi, some of them notorious (such as Salvatore "Toto" Riina). The mere existence of the estate is a renunciation of the Mafia, and of the terrible effect that the Mafia has had on the people of Sicily for generations.