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Ante

Ante

Etna Bianco DOC

Ante is the son of the Volcano, from which it receives its minerality and its backbone of crisp acidity supporting intriguing citrus notes and complex hints of spices: all the shades of Mt. Etna’s native white varietals.

Varietals:

Carricante

AGRICULTURE:

Organic – Operator #37552 – Control organisation IT-BIO-004

Training system:

Alberello (bush) , 8.000 plants per hectar

Vines age:

up to 10 years

Altitude:

750 m (2500 ft.) above sea level

Terrain :

Sandy, volcanic, very rich in minerals, with subacid reaction.

Vinification:

The grapes are harvested manually and selected, brought to the winery in shallow crates, where the whole clusters are soft-crushed. Fermentation in steel vats at 20 °C. Maturation: 18 months in the same steel vats. Refining after bottling for at least 12 monts.

Tasting notes:

Eye: greenish straw yellow. Nose: fruity with hints of aniseed. Palate: dry, harmonic, good structure, rightly acid, great freshness, with a nice salty aftertaste.

Bottles produced:

Around 10.000

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