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Nicolò Grippaldi

Nicolò Grippaldi

Grower, Maker

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IMG_20201213_122550.jpegMy name is Nicolò Grippaldi, I am 37 years old and I am a biodynamic winemaker in Gagliano Castelferrato, a small village 651 meters above sea level in the province of Enna, Sicily. My dream began in Florence when I attended the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy.During those years I heard the word biodynamics for the first time from my dear friends, owners of Castello dei Rampolla, and from there destiny changed my life.After graduating I decided to return to Sicily and on my great-grandfather's abandoned land in 2015 I planted about 13 thousand vine shoots. Not just a vineyard but a complete and complex organism Where the vine is born, Where it grows, evolves and lives. I do not manipulate the process of turning grapes into wine. I let the earth and the stars To set the natural rhythm. Biodynamics in the vineyard and cellar is a key vector by which terroir becomes the blood of the earth where it is born . The wines express a strong and precise identity of their terroir.

Certified - Biodynamic by I VINI BIODINAMICI (04/2015, Protc.cer/A5-2/23)
Contrada Casale SN
Gagliano Castelferrato, 94010
Sicily
Italy
Wine
This grower-maker grows all their own grapes.
  • Size of their farm: 3.33 (ha)
  • Size of farm under vine: 4 (ha)
  • All grapes are dry-farmed. None of the vineyards are irrigated.
  • All grapes are harvested manually.
Average production of wine: 13000 (btl)
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