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2024 Vino di Anna 'Palmento' Rosso, Sicily, Italy
$33.00
Organic. 92% Nerello Mascalese, picked as field blends with Nerello Cappuccio (2%), Grenache (3%) and the indigenous white varieties of Mt Etna: Carricante, Grecanico, Minnella Bianca (5%). All of the grapes were hand harvested from old bush vines grown on terraces, at high altitudes on the northern slopes of Mt Etna. 40% of this wine was fermented in the estate’s 300 year old traditional Etnean ‘palmento.’ In that portion, 60% of the grapes were hand-destemmed; the rest whole-cluster. The grapes were macerated for four to five days, being foot-trodden or plunged several times. The fermenting must was then pressed and continued fermenting in a 20hl used oak cask to dryness. The rest of the blend were a series of small, old bush vine vineyards, fermented by indigenous yeasts in mastellone (food grade plastic 10hl tubs) and an open 30hl wooden fermenter for periods of between 7 days and 3 weeks, plunged by hand or food daily. 20% whole cluster was used. The fermenting wines were pressed into used 11hl chestnut barrels and a used 16hl French oak cask. The individual components all completed malolactic spontaneously and were left on lees for 11 months. Blending in Oct ’23, a minimal quantity of SO2 was added (2g/hl); bottled unfined/unfiltered
Specs
- Country Italy
- Region Sicily
- Appellation Etna
- Style Red Wine
- Producer Vino di Anna
- Farming Practices Organic
- Grapes Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio, Grenache, Grecanico, Minnella Bianca, Carricante
- Food Pairings Roast White Meats, Meaty Fish, Pizza Night, Red Sauce
- Characteristics Wild Side, Juicy, Chillable Red, Bright and Fresh, Co-Ferment