Etna Bianco Superiore Pietra Marina 2020

Description

Still white Etna Bianco Superiore DOC, 12.5% ABV, produced by Benanti. 2020 vintage, 0.75 l bottle. A wine born from the Benanti family's passion for the Etna region, made with 100% Carricante grapes. The grapes ripen in the second to third ten days of October. Vinification involves soft pressing of the whole bunch. Fermentation takes place at a temperature of 18-20°C in steel tanks. The wine is left to mature for at least a year in tanks before being bottled. Intense, rich, ample, fruity with hints of orange blossom and ripe apple. Dry, harmonious with a pleasant acidity. The aromatic persistence is extremely pleasant, with an aftertaste of anise and almond.

Details

Perfume

Intense, rich, broad, fruity with hints of orange blossom and ripe apple.

Color

Straw yellow with bright green hues.

Taste

Dry, harmonic with pleasant acidity. Very pleasant aromatic persistence with an aniseed and almond aftertaste.

Serve at:

12 - 14 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Producer

Producer

Benanti

From this winery

• Start up year: 1988
• Oenologist: Enzo Calì
• Bottles produced: 250.000
• Hectares: 30

An innovative vision with the goal of producing excellent wines: this is the Benanti credo, a long-etsablished family with Bolognese origins that boasts a centuries-old history. The Sicilian branch of the Benanti family was born in 1734, when a descendant was sent to Sicily by Vittorio Amedeo d’Aosta. At the end of the nineteenth century Giuseppe Benanti began producing wine from local Etna grapes. Since those first vintages, generations of our family have been in love with making wine on the volcano, and we have transformed a passion into mastery for enhancing the peculiarities of indigenous vines in a territory that is indomitable and diverse. The research and creation of authentic wines, capable of celebrating the Etna terroir in its various expressions, have become a distinctive feature of our production.

The Benanti family has been instrumental in Etna’s viticulture throughout history, contributing first hand to its evolution. Now managed by Giuseppe Benanti’s two sons, Antonio and Salvino Benanti, the winery has an annual production of about 250.000 bottles that are distributed throughout the most important markets worldwide. Read more

Sicily

Technical Sheet

Name	Benanti Etna Bianco Superiore Pietra Marina 2020
Type	White green still
Denomination	Etna DOC
Vintage	2020
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	12.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Carricante
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Benanti
Origin	Viagrande (CT)
Climate	This is a high hillside wine with considerable temperature swings between day and night. Altitude: 950 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition	Sandy, volcanic, rich in minerals, with a sub-acid reaction.
Cultivation system	Partly free-range sapling.
Plants per hectare	9000
Yield per hectare	70 q/Ha
Harvest	Grapes ripen in the second-third decade of October.
Wine making	They are pressed by soft pressing of the whole bunch. Fermentation takes place at a temperature of 18-20 °C in steel tanks. The wine is left to mature for at least a year in tanks before being bottled.
Aging	In bottle for 10 2 months.
Allergens	Contains sulphites