Jal Chardonnay Sicilia DOC - 2022 - Cusumano

The purebred Chardonnay Jal from Cusumano impresses with intensity, freshness and purity. Thanks to the altitude and temperature range, it can fully develop its fruity aromas.

Lots of almost smoky ripe-apple aromas and flavors here, together with peach-melba, lychee and light toffee notes. Full and dense with a rather oily feel. Packed with flavor that turns more acute and savory as it progresses. - James Suckling

The Cusumano 2022 Sicilia Jal is a pure expression of Chardonnay that draws its fruit from 30-year-old plants in the Vigneto del Ventaglio (a fan-shaped plot) in the Tenuta Ficuzza. This single-vineyard expression ferments in oak and then ages on the fine lees for eight months. The wine reveals a soft and enriched personality, with stone fruits, dried apricot and Sicilian acacia honey. There is a point of pleasant sweetness here, but the wine is also savory and mineral. - Robert Parker