ETNA ROSATO
Alnus is our wine that we dedicate to the hundreds of generations of Etna winemakers who have gone before us. The initial idea was to produce a rosé. However, it is difficult and reductive to frame it under this category. It is fresh and sharp like a white, and at the same time broad and reassuring, as only a good Etnean red can be. A few miglaia of bottles: too few for a rosé that is not rosé.
VINES:
Nerello Mascalese (80%), Nerello Cappuccio.
VINE:
Contrada Moganazzi Cantina, Castiglione di Sicilia, northern slope of Etna
TYPE OF CULTIVATION:
Alberello, 7,000 vines per hectare.
VINEYARD AGE:
10 years old
ALTITUDE:
700 m asl
SOIL TYPE:
Sandy, volcanic, very mineral-rich, subacid-reacting.
VINIFICATION:
The grapes are harvested by hand, with careful sorting and placed in low crates to be brought intact to the winery, where they are pressed whole with soft pressing of the bunch using the ancient “pista e mutta” method, that is, pressing and immediate separation of the must from the skins. Fermentation of the must takes place at a temperature of 20-25°.
ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS:
Color: rosé with slight ruby highlights. Smell: floral with fresh hints of strawberry and raspberry. Aromas: dry, harmonious, pleasantly acidic and spicy.
BOTTLES PRODUCED:
about 5,000
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