Palmento Costanzo - Contrada Santo Spirito Rosso

Production area: Contrada Santo Spirito,
Passopisciaro, Mount Etna.
Exposition: North.
Altitude: 780 mt. a.s.l.
Soil: volcanic sand and rocks.
Fertile soil, rich in alkaline and ferrous elements.

Grapes: Nerello Mascalese 90% - Nerello Cappuccio 10%.
Training system: bush-training with chestnut poles.
Up to 100 years old vines.
Plantation density: on average 7000 vines/Ha.
Average yield: 40 quintals.

Harvest: manual, hand selected bunches, end of October.
Vinification: fermentation in truncated cone-shaped
oak vats with selected indigenous yeasts. Malolactic
fermentation fully run.
Ageing: 24 months in French oak barrels (Ovum)
and 12 months in the bottle.

Tasting notes

Bright ruby colour with a rich and elegant bouquet of red berries, sour cherry and flinty notes. On the palate is around with strong and pronounced tannis, long and persistent with a pleasantly mineral finish.