• Tenuta di Fessina Etna Rosso Erse Contrada Moscamento Eruzione 1911 2023
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Tenuta di Fessina Sicily Etna DOC Wines

Tenuta di Fessina

Etna Rosso Erse Contrada Moscamento 1911 2023

Red still

  • Tenuta di Fessina Etna Rosso Erse Contrada Moscamento Eruzione 1911 2023
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Tenuta di Fessina Sicily Etna DOC Wines
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Denomination DOC Etna Rosso
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 13.5% by volume
Area Sicily (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Nerello Mascalese
Aging In tonneaux and large 35hl French oak barrels for 24 months, then one year in bottle.
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Description

A still red from Etna, produced by Tenuta di Fessina. A wine that evokes the history and tradition of the Sicilian region, with a historic vintage, 1911.

Awards

  • 2023

    92

    /100

    James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.

  • 2023

    89

    /100

    Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.

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Tasting notes

Profumo

Perfume

Violet, ink, pink pepper, iron and wild red fruit.

Colore

Color

Light ruby red.

Gusto

Taste

Silky, round tannins. Spicy and enveloping, with strong vertical acidity and a herbaceous finish that ends on a sweet, persuasive note.

Serve at:

14 -16 °C

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Young Red Wines

Producer
Tenuta di Fessina
From this winery
  • Start up year: 2007
  • Oenologist: Alessandro Benedetto, Jacopo Maniaci
  • Bottles produced: 80.000
  • Hectares: 15
From the beginning, Tentua di Fessina’s desire was to create "a place of beauty, between earth and spirit", rather than a cellar in the strict sense in which people, skills and energies could converge and in turn merge to enrich the intangible heritage of the Estate, made up of professional and human relationships, exchanges and ideas around the culture of wine and good living.

The project took shape in 2007 when the Tuscan producer Silvia and her husband Roberto purchased an old Nerello Mascalese vineyard dating back to the last century. Read more
Production area: Sicily
Sicily
Tenuta di Fessina

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Name Tenuta di Fessina Etna Rosso Erse Contrada Moscamento Eruzione 1911 2023
Type Red still
Denomination Etna DOC
Vintage 2023
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 13.5% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Nerello Mascalese
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Vendor Tenuta di Fessina
Origin Rovittello
Climate Altitude: 700 m. a.s.l. Exposure: North-East.
Soil composition The soil is fine and deep, composed mainly of pumice, fine unstructured clays and ancient powders.
Yield per hectare 5000 kg
Harvest October
Wine making Fermentation with temperature-controlled maceration in stainless steel tanks. Soft de-stemming and roller crushing after careful grape selection in the vineyard and on the sorting belt in the cellar. Maceration time on skins: 6 to 9 days depending on vintage, fermentation temperatures between 23 and 26 °C to extract colour and aroma.
Aging In tonneaux and large 35hl French oak barrels for 24 months, then one year in bottle.
Allergens Contains sulphites