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Varieties on avg:
Nerello mascalese 90%
Nerello Cappuccio 10%
Contrada Sourced from:
San Lorenzo, Feudo, Calderara Sottana, Feudo di Mezzo
Farming: Certified Organic
Age of vines: Planted between 1924 and 2005
Altitude & Soil Type: 715 M, volcanic
Winemaking: 15 days maceration, controlled low temperature fermentation in steel and plastic tanks with indigenous yeasts Aging: 16 months in 2,600 L barrel, cement and used barrique

All estate bottled fruit from a combination of Giuseppe’s different sites, roughly 90% Nerello Mascalese with 10% Nerello Cappuccio, all planted using massal selection. Vines range from 20 to 100 years of age, rooted in weathered volcanic lava flows on the north side of Mount Etna, head-trained or modified head-trained. Elevation is between 650 and 800 meters (2150-2600 feet) above sea level, very high for red wines.Yields are very low, less than two tons per acre; the grapes are picked, by hand in late October, brought to the cellar in Passopisciaro, mostly de-stemmed, crushed, and fermented using indigenous yeasts. The skins are macerated in the wine for a total of about ten days before pressing. Malolactic fermentation takes place spontaneously in the spring, when the weather warms up; the wine ages in 2,600 liter barrels and concrete tanks for about a year before bottling.