Grape: 80% Grecanico, 15% Carricante, 3% Insolia, 2% Minnella Bianco
Region: Etna, Sicily, Italy
Features: Organic

Distributor's Notes:

"The fruit is hand-harvested from several small vineyards, high on the north and north-east face of Mt. Etna in the contrade Nave and Tartaraci. The average age of the vines is 60-70 years old, with the altitudes between 900-1100msl. The soils are basalt, sandy, rocky, with a high mineral content. The Grecanico, which includes a large percentage of Grecanico Dorato, was macerated for three days on skins, being gently foot-trodden several times. This was then fermented in stainless steel. The rest of the grapes, which had been picked as a field blend, were whole-bunch pressed together into a 11hL used chestnut cask. Fermentation was spontaneous without temperature control. The wine underwent malolactic fermentation, was blended and left on lees until bottling, unfined and unfiltered. Vino di Anna states of this bottling: “Not as opulent as riper vintages, the firm acid structure gives an expressive, energetic wine, reflective of its high mountain provenance."