COD: 8032475001314
VENA AETNA
Etna DOC Red Wine
Etna - Denomination of Controlled Origin Red
Vineyard: Nerello Mascalese 90%, Nerello Cappuccio 10%.
Cultivation system: sapling on the row.
Age of the vinyards: 40 years.
Production Area: East side of Mount Etna, in Zafferana Etnea.
Altitude: 550 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: 6.000 plants per hectare.
Yield per hectare: 50 Ql.
Vinification: harvest at the end of September. After destemming and pressing, the grape are fermented on the skins at 26-28 °C with pumping repeated until the end of fermentation for about 8/12 days.
Ageing: 6 months, 50% in oak barrels (in 225 lt), 50% chestnut barrels (in 500 lt).
Colour: ruby red.
Bouquet: ripe red fruits, dry rose, bark, hot spices and flint stone.
Taste: dry, with plesant tannins, balanced sapidity, full-bodied, with enveloping intensity and plesant aromatic persistence.
Alcohol content: 13,5 % vol.
Food matches: it goes well with red meat, wild game and mature cheeses.
Serving temperature: 16-18 °C.
Production manager: Leonardo La Corte
Bottle: bordeaux bottle, of type "noble" (7,3 x 31,9 cm) in white glass. Bottles 75 cl.
Stopper: technical cork, flanged stoppers, environmentally sustainable, in sugarcane biopolymer, zero carbon footprint impact, Nomacorc SelectGreen100. 44 x 24 mm.
ruby red
of ripe red fruit, dried rose, bark, warm spices and flint
dry, with pleasant tannins, balanced sapidity, full-bodied, with enveloping intensity and pleasing aromatic persistence
Etna DOC Red
Nerello Mascalese 90%, Nerello Cappuccio 10%
bush vine on trellis
40 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
6.000 plants per hectare
50 quintals
Harvest in late September. After destemming, grapes ferment on skins at 26/28°C with repeated pump-overs until end of fermentation, approx. 8/12 days.
12 months in steel and 6 months, 50% in oak barrels (225 L), 50% in chestnut barrels (500 L)
+8/10 years beyond ageing
+4/5 years
13,5 % vol
16–18 °C
pairs beautifully with red meat, stews, game and aged cheeses
approx. 10000 / year
Leonardo La Corte
Alternated ageing, in oak barriques for softer notes and chestnut for intense but evolved tannins.
Renana Nouvelle (8.1 x 32.8 cm), dark glass, high AG protection. 75 cl bottle
Sustainable flush cap, sugar-cane biopolymer, zero carbon footprint, Nomacorc SelectGreen100. 44 x 24 mm.
bilingual. removable and recyclable PP
6 horizontal bottles - 34 x 26 x H18 cm - 7.8 kg (EPAL 10 ct per layer)
8032475001314
75 cl bottle
Bottle
8032475001314
6
7.8
34 x 26 x h18
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