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Cantina Marilina Sketta Grecanico

Cantina Marilina Sketta Grecanico

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Producer Cantina Marilina
Country Italy
Region Sicily

Tasting Notes

Apricot, Lemon Peel, Almond and Spice

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More About Cantina Marilina Sketta Grecanico

This is a wonderful introduction to orange wine, offering delicate skin contact, textural richness, and savoury spice notes.  

Cantina Marilina, located 45km south of Syracuse, is run by sisters Marilina and Federica Patern, who have farmed organically since establishing the vineyard in 2001. Their philosophy is simple: absolute respect for the earth. Sicily’s climate allows for minimal intervention winemaking, complemented by traditional techniques such as fermentation in concrete tanks, sun-drying grapes, and extended skin maceration for white wines.

Meet the Producer, Cantina Marilina

Cantina Marilina

Style: Winery

Cantina Marilina is exactly the sort of Sicilian winery that makes you want to immediately book flights, eat alarming amounts of seafood and pretend you understand volcanic soils far better than you actually do. Based near Noto in south-eastern Sicily, the winery focuses on organic farming, minimal intervention and native Sicilian grapes that thrive under the island’s intense Mediterranean sun.

Founded by the Paternò family and named after their mother Marilina, the project combines modern natural winemaking ideas with very traditional Sicilian vineyard culture. Everything is farmed organically, fermentations are spontaneous and the wines are handled as gently as possible in the cellar. Which sounds very peaceful and holistic until harvest season inevitably turns into complete agricultural chaos.

The grape varieties here are pure Sicily. Nero d’Avola, Grillo, Moscato and Frappato all appear regularly, producing wines that feel sun-drenched but surprisingly fresh underneath. The whites often carry salty citrus and herbal notes from the nearby sea, while the reds lean juicy, spicy and beautifully food-friendly rather than massively over-extracted.

What makes Cantina Marilina especially enjoyable is the sense of energy running through the wines. Even with all the warmth of Sicily, there’s brightness and life everywhere. Nothing feels heavy-handed or overly manipulated. The wines taste like vineyards, sea air and hot stone rather than laboratory engineering.

There’s also something very modern Sicilian about the whole project. A younger generation embracing sustainability and native varieties while completely ignoring the old idea that southern Italy should only produce bulk wine. Sicily has become one of the most exciting wine regions in Europe over the last decade and wineries like Cantina Marilina are a big part of why.