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Nero d'Avola
red grape · also Calabrese Sicily (Sicilia DOC, Noto, Cerasuolo di Vittoria with Frappato) serve 15–17 °C ages 1–8 years
Nero d'Avola is a red grape: full-bodied, moderate acidity, moderate tannin, usually dry. 17 Nero d'Avola wines from £11.10. Typical aromas: black cherry, plum, liquorice, dried herbs, chocolate.
Typical structure · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
Body
lightfull
Tannin
lowhigh
Acidity
lowhigh
Oak
noneheavy
Alcohol
lowhigh
Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.
Is Nero d'Avola sweet or dry?
Usually dry.
What goes with it
grilled lamb, aubergine dishes, pasta alla Norma, pizza, sausage. warm-climate fruit with Mediterranean food
Where it grows
Sicily (Sicilia DOC, Noto, Cerasuolo di Vittoria with Frappato), Italy — ripe, warm, plummy; Sicily's main red
If you like Nero d'Avola
17 Nero d'Avola wines · ranked by critic score, then price · showing 17
sweetness · body on 1–5 · inferred
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josue Rosso Terre Siciliane 2019 La Bollina · Sicily | £19.55 | |||
| Mazzei Zisola Noto Rosso 2022 Mazzei · Sicily | £15.95 | |||
| Ca'Di Ponti Nero d'Avola | £11.10 | |||
| Il Meridione Nero d'Avola 2024 Adria Vini · Sicily | £11.15 | |||
| Fedele Nero d’Avola Rose (ORGANIC) | £12.25 | |||
| Fedele Nero d`Avola (ORGANIC) | £12.45 | |||
| Fabrizio Vella Rosso Biologico 2024 Fabrizio Vella · Italy | £13.99 | |||
| Alcesti Nesos Nero d'Avola 2021 Alcesti · Sicily | £14.80 | |||
| Baglio Gibellina U Passimiento (Organic) Baglio Gibellina | £14.90 | |||
| Fina Nero d'Avola, Sicilia (organic) 2024 Cantine Fina · Sicily | £15.50 | |||
| U. Passimiento, Baglio Gibellina 2025 Baglio Gibellina · Italy | £15.99 | |||
| Wildman Wine Piggy Pop Pet-Nat 2023 Wildman Wine | £25.50 | |||
| Arila Gardens Nero d'Avola MORGENRO · Sicily | £25.60 | |||
| Wildman Wine Astro Bunny Pet-Nat 2024 Wildman Wine · Other Australia | £25.95 | |||
| Deracine Nero di Avola Pianogrillo 2024 Pianogrillo · Sicily | £29.00 | |||
| Planeta Dorilli Cerasuolo Vittoria 2022 Planeta · Sicily | £32.00 | |||
| Sagana Sicilia Cusumano 2020 Cusumano · Sicily | £52.00 |