2022 Vino di Anna 'Q1000 Tartaraci' Rosso, Sicily, Italy

2022 Vino di Anna 'Q1000 Tartaraci' Rosso, Sicily, Italy

$60.00

Organic. Blend of Nerello Mascalese and Grenache. This wine, the 'Q1000 Tartaraci,' was last released in 2016. Since then, isolated hail and mixed growing and ripening conditions have not permitted for a red wine to be made from this extreme, high-altitude contrada (1000 meters above sea level). Finally in 2022, a small quantity of healthy, ripe, organically grown Nerello Mascalese and Grenache grapes were hand-harvested from the 75-80 year-old bush vines. These were transported back to the winery near Solicchiata, destemmed and fermented in a 1200 litre qvevri, buried in the underground cellar. Alcoholic fermentation was carried out spontaneously by indigenous yeast. The qvevri was then closed and the new wine allowed to macerate for a month on skins, during which time malolactic fermentation also occurred. After one month, the macerated grapes were carefully pressed into a used chestnut barrel and left on fine lees until bottling early June 2024, without fining or filtration. (In general: the Vino di Anna “qvevri” wines are not made every year. The grapes need to be in perfect health and have a depth of flavor and complexity to warrant this type of vinification. The qvevris were handmade by one of the few remaining artisan qvevri makers, Zaaliko Bodjadze, in his workshop about two hours west of Tbilisi, Georgia. Zaaliko and his sons source the pure clay high in the Caucasus Mountains, molding the pots by hand. Vino di Anna have nine qvevris buried in their cellar of varying sizes.)

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