Carricante
Contrada Caselle, Milo, Versante Est dell’Etna
Alberello (bush) , 8.000 plants per hectar
up to 10 years
900 m (3000 ft.) above sea level
Sandy, volcanic, very rich in minerals, with subacid reaction.
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: about 18 months in the same steel vats. Refining after bottling for at least 12 monts.
Eye: traw yellow with greenish reflections. Nose: fine, harmonic, with notes of herbs and orange honey. Palate: dry, mineral, fresh with a notable acidic backbone.
Around 3.000
16 February 2023