Etna Rosso DOC
Made from very fine Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from low yielding vineyards (35 Hl. Per hectar), both young and old.
The grapes are macerated until the end of fermentation. The wine then continues its life in wood until bottled roughly one year after harvest. Even young it is a distinguished wine. Fresh, fragrant, beautifully slender and with a fine grip, it has a natural polish, a stage presence, as it were. And, in aging, as its weave gathers into rich complexity, it is a wine for gentlemen. It is an aristocratically liberal wine: enjoy it with whatever food you wish, as long as its properly cooked.
Data sheet:
Name: Etna Rosso D.O.C.
Area of production: Townships of Castiglione di Sicilia and Randazzo.
Varietals: Nerello Mascalese (roughly 98%); Nerello Cappuccio (roughly 2%).
Production per hectar: 5-6 Tons.
Soil: Volcanic.
Exposure: north facing.
Age of vines: 6-50 years old.
Annual production: 120.000 bottles.