Sicilian wines, specially priced, at Carluccio's

Italian restaurant chain Carluccio's (www.carluccios.com) are having a wine festival. It began a few days ago and runs through to the beginning of August, and features Sicilian wines from Planeta and the Settesoli co-op. These wines are really good, and they're exceptionally well priced, and so I thought I'd draw my readers' attention to it (no commercial link). There are free tastings of these wines every Thursday, as well as a series of special dinners.

I've just tried three of them (notes below), but on my recent trip to Sicily I tried a few more, including the fantastic Ceresuolo, the ageworthy Chardonnay and the complex Santa Cecilia. Here's the full list of wines:

• La Segreta Bianco (from Planeta) £8.95
• Feudo dei Fiori Mandrarossa (from Cantine Settesoli) £8.95
• Planeta Alastro (from Planeta) £12.50
• Planeta Chardonnay (from Planeta) £19.50
• La Segreta Rosso (from Planeta) £8.95
• Bonera Mandrarossa (from Cantine Settesoli) £9.95
• Planeta Ceresuolo (from Planeta) £12.50
• Carthago Mandrarossa (from Cantine Settesoli) £15.95
• Bendicò Mandrarossa (from Cantine Settesoli) £16.95
• Planeta Santa Cecilia (from Planeta) £19.50
• Planeta Rosé (from Planeta) £10.50

Planeta Rose 2008 Sicilia
Made with Syrah, 12% alcohol. Salmon/pink colour. Nicely savoury with a herbal tang to the cherry and cranberry fruit. Good acid and quite savoury. Food friendly. 85/100

Mandrarossa Feuro dei Fiori 2008 Sicilia
A blend of Grecanico and Chardonnay, 12.5% alcohol. Full yellow colour. Powerful flavours of nuts, herbs, melon and apricot with a savoury, minerally depth. Really intense and food friendly: a distinctive boldly flavoured white wine. 88/100

Mandrarossa Carthago 2006 Sicilia
Nero d'Avola aged in French oak, 14% alcohol. Lovely vivid sweet pure cherry and raspberry fruit showing floral aromatics and creamy, spicy oak notes. The palate is sleek and sophisticated with a hint of plummy bitterness on the finish. A deliciously rich, modern-styled wine. 89/100