A wine’s finest ingredient is the honesty of the man who produces it.
From “La montagna di fuoco” by Salvo Foti
< I Custodi delle vigne dell’Etna
Aetneus
Aetneus, or: the fate of a wine in its name. It rises from monumental vineyards on Mt. Etna’s North Slope, considered by the natives to be the heart of the Muntagna’s area for fine and complex red wines. This Etna Rosso is nothing but a mirror of the harmonic landscape and of the hard but rewarding work in the vineyard.
A natural wine, alive and vibrant, complex and elegant, with great ageing potential.
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Brochure (Italian)
From the same producer
Appellation
Etna Rosso DOC
Vineyard
Grape varietals
Nerello Mascalese 80%, Nerello Cappuccio, Alicante
Vines
Bush trained, 9.000 plants per hectare
Age of vineyard
Up to 150 years
Altitude
750 m amsl
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 they are crushed after destemming about 80% of the clusters. Maceration for 12 days in steel vats. Malolactic fermentation in small barrels.
Maturation
In used and semi-used barriques for at least 24 months.
Produced bottles
19.000 (2007 vintage)
Tasting notes
Eye: ruby red.
Nose: ethereal, intense, hints of ripe fruit and tobacco.
Palate: elegant, harmonic, considerably long aftertaste, rightly tannic.
Alcohol
14,5%