Let`s talk Grillo!!

Seeing a fair selection in town of late..and you know me and my passion for white wines . I have tasted a couple that were blended with chardonnay but now have 2x100% Grillo on standby.
Imagine oaked versions are cellar worthy but what about the non-oaked styles ....do they age?
Which wines have you come across of late, guess mostly from Sicily?

I never managed to work up enough interest in Grillo to pay attention to it. Just never seemed to establish any particular identity that made it stand out in any way. It was wine...but that was about all you could say about it.

So I haven't had any for quite a while. Maybe it's better now, but I don't have the interest to explore it.

If you find a knockout, let me know.

Bob, my experience of Grillo is extremely limited. I have met it several times at tastings. It has the considerable virtue of being able to produce fresh, mineral wines in Sicily's torrid climate. It therefore stands out in line-ups of other Sicilian whites which are often flaccid and very alcoholic renderings of international varieties. However, IMO, another Sicilian native grape, Carricante, is more complex and similarly fresh, at least on the slopes of Etna.

This is the only TN of Grillo of mine which I can find in the archives. It comes from a tasting in 2007 (9 years ago ).

FIRRIATO ALTAVILLA “Bianco della Corte” 2006, mainly from Grillo, (EUR 8,70) was fresh and charming with good minerality but softer and less crisp than a Grillo, which I had at home after a similar tasting two years ago; 15/20.

Like Hoke, I'm not going out of my way to look for Grillo, but I would certainly choose it if I wanted a white in a Sicilian restaurant.

When we were traveling around Sicily a couple of years ago, we ran into Grillo a few times and found it did well with fish. You can spend a bit for it, such as for some that come from Etna, but often on the island it's hardly more expensive than tap water.

I agree with Tim that Carricante can be superb. At the moment I don't own any Grillo but I can't imagine letting my cellar ever run out of Carricante, which not only drinks well young but can age well. I think some time I'll do a blind tasting of Carricantes and Premier Cru white Burgs. Carricante can be that good.