85% Nerello Mascalese, 5% Nerello Cappuccio, 5% Grenache plus 5% local whites (Carricante, Grecanico, Catarratto)
WineMaker:
Anna Martens and Eric Narioo
Vineyard:
Made predominantly from estate-grown fruit, Sfuso – meaning “bulk wine” – was created to demonstrate that it is possible to produce a high-quality, organic Etna red at a fair price.
Viticulture:
Organic (not certified).
WineMaking:
A significant portion of the wine was vinified in the estate’s centuries-old Palmento – a historic Sicilian winemaking facility with stone basins for manual grape crushing and fermentation. Additional lots were fermented in qvevri and a 30 hL open-top wooden fermenter. Alcoholic fermentation occurred with indigenous yeasts, without the use of any enological additives.
Aging:
Aged in large format chestnut and oak casks, as well as stainless steel.
Bottling:
Neither fined nor filtered. Only minimal amounts of SO2 added prior to bottling to ensure the wine’s stability and ease to be poured by the glass.
