Planeta Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria 2023
DOCG

Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

Planeta
Vintages 2024 2023

Sicily's only DOCG: Planeta's 60/40 Nero d'Avola and Frappato from the red sands of Acate. Bright cherry, wild strawberry and pomegranate, white pepper and a fresh, lightly tannic palate. Steel-aged, organic, built to drink young.

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Tasting Notes

Cherry and white pepper: tasting Planeta's Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Drawn from Planeta's Dorilli and Mogli plots on Acate's red sands, this 60/40 Nero d'Avola and Frappato blend is fermented in steel with no oak. Vivino's drinkers flag cherry and wild strawberry first; the producer adds pomegranate, carob and a peppery, savoury edge.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial, from Vivino drinker consensus
Tasted on
12 June 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Taste profile
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Bright Marsala strawberry and sweet cherry lead, the signature of fruit grown on Acate's red sands, with pomegranate and a lift of violet and rose from the Frappato. Behind the fruit sits Planeta's spice signature: black and Sichuan pepper, a little sandalwood and coriander. Vivino's 1,502 reviewers reach for cherry and wild strawberry first, with an earthy, leathery note on older bottles.

Rose petalRose petal
VioletViolet
CherryCherry
PlumPlum
Red forest berriesRed forest berries
StrawberryStrawberry
Black pepperBlack pepper
LiquoriceLiquorice
Palate

Medium-bodied and dynamic, with juicy red cherry and mulberry over fine, smooth, velvety tannins, the structure of Nero d'Avola softened by Frappato's lightness. Eight days on the skins and malolactic in steel, with no oak, keep the fruit crisp and the acidity fresh. The producer's own note finds black pepper threaded with carob and sweet cherry through the middle.

Finish

The finish is fresh and savoury rather than long, closing on mulberry and a saline, peppery snap. It is a wine of immediacy, not weight.

Overall

Sicily's only DOCG in its most gastronomic, drink-now guise: a fragrant, food-friendly red that Vivino's crowd rates a steady 3.7 and Gambero Rosso awarded Tre Bicchieri in 2022. Buy it for the table, not the cellar, and pour it across its first two or three years.

Drink now Best by 2028
Live UK pricing

Buying Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria in the UK

UK listings here sit near £18 to £22, against about €13 at the Italian cellar door and a roughly $26 global average on Wine-Searcher. A 2022 Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri and a Bere Bene quality-to-price Oscar mark it as a benchmark-value Sicilian red.

Best price · 75 cl £18.07 at Great Wines Direct
Price spread £18.07 – £22.00 Across 2 UK retailers tracked
Retailers tracked 2UK 2 in stock
Vintages live 2024 · 2023 Current release: 2024
Per-litre (75 cl basis) £24.09 Per-litre price for the lowest current offer
Last checked 7 Jun 2026, 15:14 BST Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Planeta's Cerasuolo scores for food, value and cellaring

A quick read on where this bottle earns its keep. Planeta's Cerasuolo rates highest as a food wine and on value, helped by Gambero Rosso's quality-to-price Oscar; it scores low for cellaring, since the steel-only style is made to drink now.

Best with food 9.0/10

Bright acidity, light tannin and a savoury edge make this a versatile table red, strongest with tomato, aubergine and grilled Mediterranean fish.

Best value 8.5/10

UK listings near £18 to £22 for a Tre Bicchieri DOCG with a 92 from James Suckling and a Gambero Rosso quality-to-price Oscar: strong value.

Best intro to this style 8.4/10

An easy, fruit-forward introduction to Sicilian reds and to the Nero d'Avola and Frappato blend, soft and fresh enough for newcomers.

Best everyday bottle 8.2/10

Fresh, food-friendly and around the £20 mark on most listings: an ideal midweek Sicilian red for the table.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our editorial methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Cerasuolo di Vittoria in five fields

A compact view of what the Cerasuolo di Vittoria denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
2 varieties listed
This bottle: Nero d'Avola, Frappato.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Ragusa · Caltanissetta · Catania
Source: Editorial.
Style
DOCG · Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Classification
DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita)
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Where to Buy

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Best Live Price £18.07
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Last Checked 7 Jun 2026
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Vintage 2024
£18.07
£24.09/L · checked 7 Jun
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Vintages

Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria: the 2023 and 2024 vintages

Both current releases are steel-raised and built to drink young; Planeta and Callmewine both call this wine best in its first two to three years. Expect 13% alcohol and the fresh, juicy red-fruit profile that defines the Vittoria style.

2024 Current release
Lowest price
£18.07
Retailers
0 in stock · 1 awaiting restock
ABV
13.0%
Window
Drink now through 2028

The latest release, fermented in steel with no oak for immediate, fragrant drinking. This is the freshest current vintage of Planeta's Cerasuolo; enjoy it young, ideally within three years of the harvest.

2023 Previous release
Lowest price
£18.07
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
13.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

A warm, dry season in the Vittoria zone of southeastern Sicily gave fresh, perfumed fruit that Planeta raised in steel only, with no oak. Drink through 2027 while the Frappato aromatics are at their brightest.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Why Cerasuolo di Vittoria is Sicily's only DOCG

Cerasuolo di Vittoria became Sicily's sole DOCG in 2005, a blend the disciplinare fixes as Nero d'Avola with Frappato. Planeta works the Dorilli and Mogli plots near Acate organically under the SOStain protocol, on red sand over a limestone-rich tufa at about 90 cm.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Cerasuolo di Vittoria is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 2 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Tasting panel. Mandatory pre-release tasting commission
03

Region and area context

Cerasuolo di Vittoria falls within Sicily , covering Ragusa · Caltanissetta · Catania.

04

Reading the label

  • PlanetaProducer / estate
  • Nero d'Avola · FrappatoGrape varieties (in declared order of dominance)
  • Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCGGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2024Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 13.0% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
  • Imbottigliato all’origineEstate-bottled
05

What sits behind the price of Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Tracked from
£18.07
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
5 up / 1 down
Main factor
Estate fruit from Planeta's Dorilli and Mogli plots, farmed organically
  1. 01

    Estate fruit from Planeta's Dorilli and Mogli plots, farmed organically

    Cost up

    Planeta grows the Nero d'Avola and Frappato itself on 34 ha of red sand at Acate under the SOStain organic protocol; estate-grown, certified-organic fruit costs more than bought-in grapes.

  2. 02

    Sicily's only DOCG, with a mandatory release tasting

    Cost up

    Cerasuolo di Vittoria is the island's sole DOCG; the disciplinare requires a release tasting commission, adding compliance cost that a basic Sicilia IGT avoids.

  3. 03

    Steel-only, no-oak ageing

    Cost down

    Eight days on skins, then malolactic and a few months in steel with no barrels, keeps cellar and oak costs low and helps hold the UK price near £18 to £22.

  4. 04

    Two grapes grown and vinified apart before blending

    Cost up

    Nero d'Avola on spurred cordon and Frappato on Guyot are farmed and fermented separately, more vineyard and cellar work than a single-variety tank wine.

  5. 05

    UK duty and VAT

    Cost up

    UK excise on still wine at 13% is £2.67 a bottle, plus 20% VAT, so roughly £6 of a £20 UK price is tax before the wine itself is counted.

  6. 06

    Critical pedigree and brand demand

    Cost up

    A 2022 Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri and a 92 from James Suckling, plus Planeta's national profile, support a price above anonymous Sicilian reds.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that complement this wine

Pasta alla Norma on stoneware bowl with Basil, Eggplant, Garlic

Pasta alla Norma
Pizza Margherita, plated

Pizza Margherita
Eggplant parmesan, plated

Eggplant parmesan
Sfincione, Sicilian Pizza, plated

Sfincione, Sicilian Pizza
Tuna, plated

Tuna
Food Pairing

Bright acidity, soft tannin: what Planeta's Cerasuolo pairs with

Frappato's red-berry lift and Nero d'Avola's gentle structure give a medium-bodied, fresh, lightly tannic red. That points it straight at Sicily's own tomato-and-aubergine cooking, with the classic match in pasta alla Norma from the wine's Vittoria home.

Acidity matching Strong match

Tomato-led pasta and Sicilian pizza

Cerasuolo's bright acidity and light tannins mirror the acidity of cooked tomato instead of fighting it, while Frappato's red-berry perfume echoes the sweetness of a slow-cooked sauce. It is the classic Vittoria match.

Try with: Pasta alla Norma · Pizza Margherita · Sfincione · Pizza Marinara · spaghetti al pomodoro · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Strong match

Aubergine and Sicilian vegetables

The wine's herbal, red-fruit aromatics bridge to grilled and baked aubergine, caponata and ricotta salata, the flavours of its home cooking. Low tannin keeps bitter, oily vegetables from turning the wine hard.

Try with: Pasta alla Norma · Eggplant parmesan · caponata · grilled aubergine · stuffed peppers · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Sicilian tuna and swordfish

Medium body and fresh acidity match the density of seared tuna and swordfish without overwhelming them, a pairing Sicily has poured for generations. Serve the wine lightly cool, around 16C, to keep it crisp against the oily fish.

Try with: Tuna · grilled swordfish · tuna alla ghiotta · involtini di pesce spada · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Grilled pork and Sicilian sausage

Fresh acidity cuts through the fat of grilled pork, fennel sausage and roast chicken, while gentle tannin copes with a little char. The wine stays refreshing where a bigger Nero d'Avola would dominate.

Try with: Roast pork · grilled sausage · porchetta · roast chicken · pork belly · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Salumi and Sicilian antipasti

Red-fruit sweetness and a saline streak balance the salt of Sicilian salami, olives and aged caciocavallo, refreshing the palate between bites. Light tannin means cured meats never taste metallic.

Try with: salami · caciocavallo · olives · bruschetta · Sicilian antipasti

Avoid Clash

Fiery chilli heat and heavy barbecue

This is a delicate, lightly tannic red, so aggressive chilli heat and thick, sugary barbecue sauce flatten its perfume and make the modest tannins taste harsh. Save it for fresher, tomato- and herb-led food.

Skip with: vindaloo · sweet-and-sour pork · Sichuan hotpot · heavily smoked brisket · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Should you cellar Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria?

This is not a wine for the cellar. Planeta builds it in steel with no oak for immediate, fragrant drinking, and Callmewine's guidance is two to three years at most. Buy it young and let the Frappato perfume stay fresh.

Drinking window
2025 → 2028

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
h1

A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

Built in steel with no oak for immediate drinking; best within two to three years, so cellaring upside is limited.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£18.07 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 7 Jun 2026, 15:14 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Explore Planeta, Nero d'Avola, Frappato and Sicily

Producer
Planeta Sicily
Grapes
Nero d'Avola Frappato
Denomination
Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
Region
Sicily Region guide
Cuisine
Italian Cuisine 4 dishes paired International Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

It is a blend of 60% Nero d'Avola and 40% Frappato, the two native grapes of southeastern Sicily. Nero d'Avola gives structure and dark fruit, while Frappato adds red-berry perfume and lightness.

No. Despite the cherry-red 'cerasuolo' name, it is a light, bright red wine, not a rosé. The name comes from 'cerasa', Sicilian dialect for cherry, describing its colour and aroma.

Its fresh acidity and light tannins suit Sicily's own cooking: pasta alla Norma, aubergine dishes, tomato-led pizza, grilled tuna and roast pork. Serve it lightly cool, around 16C.

It is made to drink young. Fermented in steel with no oak, it is best within two to three years of the vintage, while the Frappato aromatics stay fresh.

It is Sicily's only DOCG, the island's highest wine classification. Planeta's version, from organically farmed red sands at Acate, won Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri in 2022 and a 92 from James Suckling.

UK listings here run about £18 to £22 a bottle. It sells for around €13 in Italy and averages near $26 worldwide, making the UK price typical for an imported DOCG.

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