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Tenuta Rapitalà

Camporeale · Palermo (PA)
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Established
1968
Count Hugues Bernard de la Gatinais and Gigi Guarrasi
Yearly production
Location
Camporeale
Palermo (PA) · Sicilia
Vineyard area
About 176 hectares in the Camporeale-Alcamo hills of western Sicily; native Catarratto, Grillo and Nero d'Avola alongside French Chardonnay and Syrah introduced by the count.

Appellations

Alcamo DOCMonreale DOCSicilia DOC

History

Tenuta Rapitalà was born in 1968 at Camporeale when the French count Hugues Bernard de la Gatinais, a naval officer from Saint-Malo, married Gigi Guarrasi and rebuilt her family's earthquake-damaged cellars in the Belice valley. Blending French varieties with Sicilian natives, it made its first vintage in 1975 and was among the first Sicilian estates to bottle under its own label.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Alto Catarratto Grand Cru
Alcamo DOC
Nuhar
Sicilia DOC
Rapitalà Chardonnay
Sicilia DOC
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