De Rerum Aetna — Etna DOP Red Reserve
COD: 8032475001628
Etna DOP Rosso
Etna - Denomination of Protected Origin Red
Vineyard: Nerello Mascalese 100%.
Cultivation system: sapling on lava stone terraces.
Age of the vinyards: 80 years.
Production Area: East side of Mount Etna, Contrada Rocca d’Api, in Zafferana Etnea.
Altitude: 500 m a.s.l.
Climate: of high hills with wide fluctuations in temperature between day and night.
Type of soil:volcanic sandy, mixed with stones, rich in mineral salts.
Vine density: 7.000 plants per hectare.
Yield per hectare: 40 Ql.
Vinification: harvest in early October in small boxes with careful selection of the grapes. After destemming, the grapes ferment on the skins at 20/22 ° C with repeated pumping over until the end of fermentation for about 3 weeks.
Ageing: 3 months on fine lees, 18 months in large casks of Etna chestnut (2000 lt).
Colour: dense carmine red and pearly of garnet reflections.
Bouquet: powerful, rich and elegant. Notes of withered red rose, predominance of spicy, hints of cocoa, leather, tobacco and red fruit jam, mineral of wet stone and balsamic notes.
Taste: dry, intense, velvety, with tannins of elegant evolution , pleasant sapidity, gustative balance and aromatic persistence.
Alcohol content: 13,5 % vol.
Food matches: dishes of great structure, sauces, meat roasts rich in spices, tasty game and very seasoned cheeses. Excellent meditation wine.
Serving temperature: 18-20 °C.
Production manager: Leonardo La Corte
Bottle: Rhenish bottle BC, (8,1 x 32,1 cm) in dark glass, high protection AG. Bottles 75 cl.
Stopper: straight cork in one-piece natural cork, Premium Plus A 45 x 26 mm.
dense carmine red with pearly garnet reflections
powerful, rich and elegant. Notes of dried red rose, predominant spices, hints of cocoa, leather, tobacco and red fruit jam, wet-stone minerality and balsamic notes
intense, velvety, with elegantly evolving tannins, pleasing sapidity, gustatory balance and aromatic persistence
Etna DOC Red Reserve
Nerello Mascalese 100%
bush vine on lava-stone terraces
80 years
Eastern slope of Mount Etna, municipality of Zafferana Etnea
550 m a.s.l.
high-hill climate with notable day/night temperature swings
sandy volcanic soil mixed with stones, rich in mineral salts
7.000 plants per hectare
40 quintals
Harvest in early October in small crates with careful selection. After destemming, grapes ferment on skins at 22/24°C with repeated pump-overs until end of fermentation, approx. 2/3 weeks.
3 months on fine lees, 18 months in large chestnut barrels from Etna (2000 L)
+12/15 years beyond ageing
+6/8 years
13,5 % vol
18–20 °C
full-bodied dishes, sauces, roasted meats rich in spices and flavourful game, and heavily aged cheeses. Also an excellent meditation wine
approx. 3000 / year
Leonardo La Corte
The great structure tied to vineyard age, the long ageing in large Etna chestnut barrels, a hard but noble wood.
Renana Nouvelle (8.1 x 32.8 cm), dark glass, high AG protection. 75 cl bottle
Flush cap in single-piece natural cork Premium Plus A, 45 x 26 mm.
bilingual. removable and recyclable PP
6 horizontal bottles - 34 x 26 x H18 cm - 7.8 kg (EPAL 10 ct per layer)
8032475001628
Numbered bottles
75 cl bottle
Bottle
8032475001628
6
7.8
34 x 26 x h18
10
