Etna Bianco Contrada Pietra Marina Ester Canale Rosso 2024

Description

Etna Bianco DOC 2024 by Giovanni Rosso, a still white wine from Sicily, 13% ABV, 100% Carricante, produced in the Pietra Marina district of Castiglione di Sicilia. The grapes, hand-harvested in October, ferment at low temperatures in stainless steel tanks for 15-20 days. Aged on the lees for five months, with weekly batonnage in stainless steel tanks. The nose reveals notes of white flowers, citrus, honey, and ginger, with hints of aromatic herbs and hydrocarbons. The palate is balanced and vibrant, with minerally white-fleshed fruit and delicate nuances of chamomile, supported by a bright acidity. The finish is long and airy, with sensations of wet stone and sweet herbs. Decanter scores it 93/100, James Suckling 94/100. It pairs well with scallops in citrus butter, quail with herbs, white truffle risotto, lobster thermidor, veal with lemon, or aged sheep's cheeses.

Details

Perfume

Élevage sur lies for five months, with weekly battonage in steel vats.

Taste

Balanced and vibrant on the palate, with mineral-driven white-fleshed fruit and delicate nuances of chamomile, underpinned by bright acidity. The finish is long and airy, with sensations of wet stone and sweet herbs.

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 Contrada Pietra Marina Ester Canale Rosso 2024
Type	White still
Denomination	Etna DOC
Vintage	2024
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Carricante
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Giovanni Rosso
Origin	Contrada Pietra Marina, Castiglione di Sicilia (CT)
Climate	North exposure, altitude 537 m a.s.l.
Soil composition	Volcanic-river soil with sandstone outcrops.
Harvest	The grapes are harvested by hand in October.
Wine making	After soft pressing of the whole bunches, the must ferments at low temperature in stainless steel tanks for 15-20 days.
Aging	Élevage sur lies for five months, with weekly battonage in steel vats.
Allergens	Contains sulphites