Smoky dark juicy fruit, notes of meat; spicy, with a long, delicious finish. Etna magic.
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Grape variety: Nerello mascalese
Appellation: Etna Rosso DOC
Region: Sicily
Soil: North Slope of Mount Etna, in the Zottorinoto and Puntale Palino contrada of Solicchiata, a hamlet of Castiglione di Sicilia, at 950 meters (3116 feet) altitude and on sandy volcanic soils
Vinification: Wild yeast fermented in stainless steel.
Aging: Aged 12 months in used Slavonian oak. Once bottled lightly bentonite-fined and lightly filtered, with a drop of SO2, they age another 12 months in bottle.
