This wine brings the character of the vineyard into the bottle year after year. Therefore, always typical for Sicilian wine from the highlands.

2019 was a good year, with some rain in June following a typically warm and dry summer. The harvest was slightly earlier than average, but the end result was excellent ripe grapes.

The San Francesco vineyard was planted in 1985 by Lucio Tasca on the lower part of the slope on soil that was more fertile than the average Regaleali soils due to a deeper active layer and a particular freshness caused by lower rainwater runoff. 

The cultivation area extends over about 5 hectares with a planting scheme of 2.60 meters by 1.10 meters (3,490 plants per hectare) at an altitude of 520 to 532 meters. The original substrate consists of loamy-sandy sediments with a loamy-clayey, slightly calcareous texture and a slightly alkaline reaction (pH 8.3). It is a remarkably deep, well-structured soil, but the roots do not extend deeper than 100 centimeters.