Tasca d’Almerita comes full circle
- Mar 27
- 10 min read
The history of Tasca d'Almerita's Rosso del Conte, arguably Italy's first 'Super Somewhere' (in this case Sicily) from indigenous varieties and released a full year earlier than Sassicaia's first commercialised vintage.
This article, with the vertical of Rosso del Conte appeared previously on www.JancisRobinson.com in July 2013 and is reprinted with kind permission.
Cheek gets you everywhere. At least that is what I thought for a moment when I contacted Alberto Tasca d’Almerita (pictured below, on the phone) with a request to taste older vintages of their flagship red Regaleali Rosso del Conte a couple of months ago. This wine is a true Sicilian icon because it was the first of its kind to emerge on the international market from Sicily in the early 1970s confidently combining high quality with an elevated price tag. At the time, the island was still predominantly known as a bulk producer and was certainly not associated with complex wines that could age.
