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About Winery and Wines
The PATRIA cellars take their name from the Patrìa district, near Monreale, where the Di Miceli family bought a feud in the distant 1950. Many years later, in 1992, Di Miceli Francesco, owner of the soc. Coop. PATRIA, thanks to his experience as an agronomist and oenologist, took over the old "TORREPALINO", a historic wine cellar born in 1971 with headquarters in Solicchiata of Castiglione di Sicilia, on the north side of Etna. The history of Torrepalino intersects with that of the Aragonese watchtower which stood to defend and guard the territory. At the top of the building stood a "palino", a directional indicator that directed the caravans and wayfarers between the commercial port of Riposto and that of Milazz
The total area of the company is about 250 hectares. Most of the implants are bred backed by spurred cordon Some areas are still bred in trees (Etna D.O.C. and Riserva 1996, 2000, 2001 and 2005). The oldest vineyard dates back to the middle of 1900, but the average age of vines is very variable.The global extension In recent years the winery has applied the most modern technologies to obtain a greater quality of production. The computer is thus joined to the skilful work of the staff and support it with reliable information about time, methods and temperatures. Thermo-controlled tanks, which preserve the fragrant aroma of the grapes, and the wine producer of different sizes allows the separate processing of the grapes from different plots of land and application of different vinification techniques according to different characteristics of the grapes given and the production targets.