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From “La montagna di fuoco” by Salvo Foti
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Etna Rosso
The highest expression of red wines from Mt. Etna, as mineral and volcanic as possible.
The flagship of Mick Hucknall’s winery is a wine without compromises. Produced from ancient monumental vineyards on the northern slope of the volcano. A living wine, with great aging potential.
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Appellation
Etna Rosso DOC
Vineyard
Castiglione di Sicilia (Northern Etna)
Grape varietals
Nerello Mascalese 80%, Nerello Cappuccio 20%
Vines
Bush trained, 9.000 plants per hectare
Altitude
750 m asl
Terrain
Sandy, volcanic, very rich in minerals, with subacid reaction.
Vinification
Manual harvest after the middle of october, red vinification
Maturation
In used and semi-used barriques for at least 12 months.
Refining
After bottling for several months.
Produced bottles
11.000 (2003 vintage)
13.000 (2004 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%