Awards

Perfume

Color

Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour

- Start up year: 2002
- Oenologist: Calogero Statella
- Bottles produced: 300.000
- Hectares: 35


Name | Terre Nere Etna Rosso San Lorenzo 2022 |
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Type | Red still |
Denomination | Etna DOC |
Vintage | 2022 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
Grape varieties | 98% Nerello Mascalese, 2% Nerello Cappuccio |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Vendor | Tenuta delle Terre Nere |
Origin | Contrada San Lorenzo, Town of Randazzo (Catania) |
Climate | Altitude: 700-750 m. a.s.l. Exposure: northern slope of Mount Etna. |
Soil composition | Volcanic, made of volcanic ash with black pumice and volcanic rock. |
Cultivation system | Traditional "alberello" head-training system converted to espalier. |
Yield per hectare | 5,000 kg/hectare |
Harvest | First decade of October. |
Fermentation temperature | 28-30 °C |
Wine making | Alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature between 28-30°C. |
Aging | Spontaneous malolactic fermentation and ageing in French oak barriques, tonneaux, and big barrels made of 20% new wood. The wine is bottled after 16 8 months of ageing in wood and 1 month in steel. |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |