Easily one of Italy's most important traditional-method sparkling wines, i.e. wines made exactly like Champagne, just from another place. Alessandro Viola is Sicily's most sensitive, studied grower, working in sandy oceanside soils in the northwest corner of the island. This Blanc de Blancs is soft, glowing, and salty, with clear tension and acidity throughout. It's a masterwork; there are precious few other sparkling wines in Europe like it.