The estate’s flagship 2005 Noa is 40% Nero d’Avola, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot from various regions within Sicily. It is a rich, gorgeous wine that opens on the palate with notable expansiveness and harmony in its silky-textured dark fruit, herbs, graphite and toasted oak. It offers superb persistence and a long, lingering finish. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2016.
Brothers Alberto and Diego Cusumano make a variety of wines from their holdings across the island. As good as the reds are, it would be nice to see Cusumano do more with their whites.
Importer: Vin Divino, Ltd., Chicago, IL; tel. (773) 334-6700