Palmento Rosso

ITALY – Sicily – Mount Etna

Locality:

ITALY – Sicily – Mount Etna

Appellation:

Terre Siciliane IGT

Grape Variety:

90% Nerello Mascalese, 2% Nerello Cappuccio, 5% Carricante and 3% indigenous white varieties (Grecanico and Minnella Bianca)

WineMaker:

Anna Martens and Eric Narioo

Vineyard:

Terraced vineyard with old vines at high altitude and on the northern slope of Mt Etna. Carricantes grapes come from Contrada Crasa.

Viticulture:

Biodynamic methods (not certified).

WineMaking:

60% de-stemmed then macerated for 4-5 days, being foot trodden or plunged several times. The fermenting must is pressed and continued fermenting in stainless-steel tank and several large old oak casks to dryness. Complete spontaneous malolactic conversion.

Aging:

Aged on lees for 6 months. Then blended and aged for 3 additional months.

Bottling:

Neither fined nor filtered.

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