Etna Bianco 2023

Description

Etna Bianco DOC, 13% ABV, produced by Giovanni Rosso in the Solicchiata area (CT). 100% Carricante, 2023 vintage. A white wine that expresses Etna's volcanic terroir, with fermentation lasting approximately 15 days, preceded by a light maceration on the skins. Aged in stainless steel with élevage sur lie for 5 months before bottling with weekly batonnage. On the nose, good aromatic intensity, with notes of broom and yellow-skinned citrus on a herbaceous background. Full-bodied, intense and linear on the palate, with great freshness and a savory, persistent finish. Awarded 93/100 by Vinous.

Details

Perfume

Good aromatic intensity; broom, yellow-skinned citrus fruit on a herbaceous background.

Taste

Full on the palate, intense and linear, great freshness and a finish representative of the local soil; savoury persistence that is clearly memorable.

Serve at:

10 - 12 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Producer

Producer

Giovanni Rosso

From this winery

• Start up year: 1960
• Oenologist: Davide Rosso
• Bottles produced: 55.000
• Hectares: 9

Welcome to Azienda Agricola Giovanni Rosso. We are a small, family-owned producer in the heart of the Barolo commune of Serralunga d'Alba. We make only red wines, and our passion is for Barolo and its great grape, Nebbiolo. We hope you enjoy our website and even more importantly, our wines. Since the 1890's the Rosso family has farmed vineyards in Serralunga d'Alba, notably the Crus of Cerretta, La Serra, Broglio, Meriame, Sorano, Costa Bella, Lirano & Damiano. During the early 1980's Giovanni Rosso restructured the vineyards with the aim of growing the best fruit.

Giovanni's son, Davide, studied Oenology and gained invaluable experience in France. In 2001 Davide, then 27 years old, took charge of the vinification & affinamento/elevage of the wines with one goal in mind: "Wine should be a perfect copy of its terroir"... in this case from the slopes of Serralunga d'Alba, among the finest soils in the world.

The Giovanni Rosso cantina (winery) is located in the hamlet of Baudana, just a couple of kilometres north of Serralunga d'Alba village. A traditional family cascina, or farmhouse, it houses the fermentation, ageing, bottling and labeling facilities as well as the offices.

Davide Rosso has been looking for many years for a new terroir where he could face a new challenge himself. The side-project was officially born in May 2016 with the purchase of the Etna estate near the village Solicchiata of Castiglione di Sicilia. The farm rises a few kilometers before Passopisciaro down to Montedolce, a small inactive crater that gives the name to the Contrada. We are in the northeast side of the volcano, a perfectly suited area for the production of red wines. The new holdings extend for fourteen hectares in one single plot among which just something more than six hectares are dedicated to viticulture: 1.2 ha for the whites and 5.5 ha for the reds (Carricante and Nerello Mascalese with small percentages of other local grape varieties, as the tradition requires). The training system has been renamed as "candelabro". Read more

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Technical Sheet

Name	Giovanni Rosso Etna Bianco 2023
Type	White still
Denomination	Etna DOC
Vintage	2023
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.0% by volume
Grape varieties	Carricante
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Giovanni Rosso
Origin	Solicchiata (CT)
Climate	Exposure: north-northeast.
Cultivation system	"Alla continentale" bilateral cordon / bush pruning - long spur.
Harvest	Mid-October.
Wine making	Fermentation lasts about 15 days, preceded by a light maceration of the skins in the press for a few hours (vinification in steel tanks).
Aging	In steel, élevage sur lie for the five months before bottling with weekly batonnage.
Allergens	Contains sulphites