Etna Bianco Contrada Calderara 2023

Description

Still white wine from Etna, Sicily, 12.5% ABV, produced by Cottanera. 100% Carricante blend. 0.75L bottle, 2023 vintage. An Etna Bianco that expresses the power of the volcano through the purity of Carricante, a native grape variety that finds its ideal habitat on Etna. Grape cultivation is a tradition in Etna's black soil. This age-old legacy has been embraced by Guglielmo and Enzo Cambria with Cottanera, an entrepreneurial project dedicated to excellence. On the nose, it presents itself with rare finesse, dense with aromas of white melon, peach, geranium, and a hint of minerality. With oxygen, it is enriched with subtle hints of wood that complement it. Straw yellow in color. On the palate, it also lives up to its olfactory promises: it is round, fresh, soft but at the same time sharp with a perfect acid-mineral balance, a substantial and long structure, and a light, pleasant, slightly bitter trail that gives it an extra boost.

Details

Perfume

The nose presents itself with rare finesse, dense with aromas of white melon, peach, geranium and something mineral, with oxygen it is enriched with slight hints of wood that complete it.

Color

Straw yellow.

Taste

Even on the palate it fulfils its olfactory promises: it is round, fresh, soft but at the same time sharp with a perfect acid-mineral balance, a substantial, long structure, and a slight, pleasant, slightly bitter trail that gives it an extra boost.

Serve at:

10 - 12 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Producer

Producer

Cottanera

From this winery

• Start up year: 2000
• Oenologist: Lorenzo Landi
• Bottles produced: 300.000
• Hectares: 65

Culturing vines in the black lands of Etna is a tradition, an ancient heritage which Guglielmo and Enzo Cambria have developed with Cottanera, an enterprise dedicated to excellence. Volcanic lava has given life to a particular soil as extraordinary as the Cambria’s passion for quality wines. This passion has been transmitted to Guglielmo’s heirs: Mariangela, Francesco and Emanuele, who revitalised this wine-growing area. Sicilia Felix is a unique land where the creative energy of the Cambria family has laid the foundations for Cottanera, a company uniting tradition with innovation. Read more

Sicily

Technical Sheet

Name	Cottanera Etna Bianco Contrada Calderara 2023
Type	White green still
Denomination	Etna DOC
Vintage	2023
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	12.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Carricante
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Cottanera
Origin	Contrada Calderara, Castiglione di Sicilia.
Soil composition	Lavic.
Cultivation system	Spurred cordon.
Plants per hectare	5700 plants per hectare.
Yield per hectare	50 quintals of grapes per hectare.
Harvest	Manual in box.
Wine making	Fermentation in French oak tonneaux for around 40% of the mass; the remainder fermented in cement vats.
Aging	12 months on the lees in wood for about 40% of the mass; the remaining part matures in cement vats.
Allergens	Contains sulphites