Francesco Laudicina

The Climb

Since 2008, Francesco Laudicina has worked to revive the old cellar into a modern winery at Baglio Oro. The change is less a reset than a methodical redefinition of place: the estate’s identity has been shaped through patience, structure, and a consistent focus on Sicilian ground. What was once part of the property’s history now functions as the setting for a contemporary winery that keeps its footing in the island’s wine culture.

Today

At Baglio Oro, the work centers on Native Sicilian grape varieties, with Grillo and Frappato singled out as specialties. The emphasis is practical rather than decorative, and it begins in the vineyard. “A careful viticulture is carried out in our vineyards.” That line points to the discipline behind the wines: attention to the land, close work, and no shortcuts. The harvest follows the same logic. “Our grapes are hand picked at harvest, with separate pickings and vinifications, by our skilled workers who carry out an attentive and rigorous viticulture, respecting the terroir, that offers its maximum expression through our wines.” The method described there is deliberate and exact, with each step kept in service of the fruit and the site. It is a cellar approach that depends on selection, separation, and restraint.

Signature

Francesco's signature wines include 2024 dei Respiri Nero d'Avola DOC, 2017 Nero d'Avola Riserva DOC, 2024 Tali Rosso, 2017 'Yema' Late Harvest Grillo, and 2024 dei Respiri Grillo DOC. Together, these wines map the range of the estate’s output, moving across Nero d’Avola and Grillo, and across DOC bottlings and late harvest style, while staying within the language of Native Sicilian grapes.

In Their Words “Our grapes are hand picked at harvest, with separate pickings and vinifications, by our skilled workers who carry out an attentive and rigorous viticulture, respecting the terroir, that offers its maximum expression through our wines.” “A careful viticulture is carried out in our vineyards.”

Recognition

The winery is defined by monovarietal wines from Native Sicilian grapes and a balance between tradition and innovation. Its work is marked by careful viticulture, hand picking at harvest, and separate pickings and vinifications. Taken together, those choices place Baglio Oro in a line of practice that treats the terroir as the point of reference and the wines as its clearest expression.