1697
Corte Ibla comes from Vittoria, tucked away in the South Eastern corner of the beautiful Mediterranean island of Sicily.
Ibla comes from the “Hyblaean Mountains”, or “Monti Iblei” in Italian. Corte refers to a courtyard, from which you have a spectacular view of the “Ibla” mountains. The estate where we grow the grapes for Corte Ibla is traceable back to 1697 and we have the original plan of how the vineyards and winery were set out back in the seventeenth century.
Dominated by the mighty Mount Etna, Sicily boasts a unique landscape and is one of the Mediterranean’s largest islands. Sicily is famous for many things: Mount Etna, Syracuse, the sun, stunning beaches, crystal clear waters. Sicily can trace its history back to ancient civilisations, with several world heritage sites such as Syracuse and Agrigento helping to tell the story. Sicily’s ideal climate not only preserves the ancient monuments, but also makes the island the ideal place to cultivate a huge range of crops from vegetables to grapes. Wine has always played a major and integral part both in Sicily’s past and its present.
There are three wines in the Corte Ibla range, all of which are true to local styles.
