The ARMOSA estate located at Scicli in the Ragusa province of Sicily, was created in 2002 by Michele Molgg to cultivate wine-producing vines. The first vineyard of “Nero d’Avola” was planted in 2003 in a terroir especially chosen for its sandy tufa soil and for its immediate proximity to the sea.

The Armosa philosophy is to enhance the reputation of Nero d’Avola, Sicily’s premium indigenous vine, by growing it in a variety of terroirs so as to produce quality wines with a distinct personality that personify the territory itself.

The winery

The Armosa winery is a small producer of wines which currently processes about 4.8 hectares of vineyard of nero d’avola and 0.1 hectare of white muscat. The cultivation techniques used aim to achieve an optimal vegetative-productive balance to promote the production of healthy grapes, high quality. The harvest is done manually in the cooler hours of the day, with the selection of grapes in the vineyard collected in crates.

The cellar, obtained from the restoration of rural buildings of the last century, is equipped with modern stainless-steel vats, for fermentation at a controlled temperature, and a barrel for aging wine. The winemaking techniques used seek to reduce the interventions with the wine to preserve its integrity, following the philosophy that “time works on wine, not man”.

The wines produced are “siclys” and the reserve “curma”, both produced from pure nero d’avola, the “salipetrj” dry white wine, made from white muscat grapes, and to these we add the grappa distilled from the nero d’avola marc called “Ayn” .

The terroir

The territory of scicli, which includes the fishing villages of donnalucata, Cava d’Aliga and Sampieri, is an ensemble of strong points of impact on the landscape, ranging from beautiful beaches to the hills behind rich carrubeti and olive groves. The town of scicli is a Unesco Heritage Site for its baroque beauty and lies at the confluence of three valleys that have strongly influenced its life through the centuries.

These valleys, because they are among the fundamental aspects of this territory, compose the stylized Armosa logo.