Etna Bianco Contrada Taccione 2024

Description

Still organic white wine, 13% ABV, 100% Carricante, produced by Planeta on Mount Etna, Sicily. Vintage 2024. A wine born in the heart of Etna's viticulture, with Carricante grapes grown at 690-720 meters above sea level on mineral-rich volcanic soils. The grapes are hand-harvested and vinified, with part fermented in barriques. Aged in stainless steel tanks and 500-liter Allier oak tonneaux. A beautiful nose of yellow peach, broom flowers, aromatic herbs, and wet rock. A very bright straw-yellow color. Its savory character is immediately striking, balanced by remarkable fruity aftertaste; it finishes long with hints of rosemary and salty mineral tones. Perfect with fish and fresh fruit carpaccio, seafood pasta dishes, and stretched-curd cheeses.

Details

Perfume

Lovely nose of yellow peach, broom flower, herbs and wet rock.

Color

Very bright straw-yellow.

Taste

Immediately striking in its savouriness, balanced by notable fruit returns; closes in length with sensations of rosemary and brackish mineral tones.

Serve at:

10 - 12 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

Planeta

From this winery

• Start up year: 1995
• Oenologist: Alessio Planeta
• Bottles produced: 2.500.000
• Hectares: 371

To say Planeta is to say the best Sicilian wine reality. Closely linked to the place where it is located, the Cantina Planeta offers a series of labels of great territorial adherence, truly unique: La Baronia in Capo Milazzo, Dispensa in Menfi, Buonivini at Noto, Feudo di Mezzo on the Mount Etna in Castiglione di Sicilia and Ulmo in Sambuca di Sicilia. These are the places where the Cantine Planeta wineries are located, whose history has been handed down since the XVI century, by no less than 17 generations. It is a project that always keeps its gaze fixed on the past, but immersed in the present with a focus on the future. This is manifested both through the link with the ancient Sicilian winemaking tradition symbolised by indigenous varieties such as: Carricante, Frappato, Grecanico, Nerello mascalese, Moscato di Noto and Nero d'Avola, and by international varieties such as Merlot, Chardonnay and Syrah. Xtrawine offers you a wide range of Planeta wines that have received major awards from AIS, from the best vintages of 2016 and 2017. All the Planeta wines featured on Xtrawine are characterised by intense fruity and floral aromas and a strong flavour. Read more

Sicily

Technical Sheet

Name	Planeta Etna Bianco Contrada Taccione 2024
Type	White organic 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	Planeta
Origin	Montelaguardia - Castiglione di Sicilia (CT)
Climate	Altitude: 690-720 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition	The soils have perfect exposure and slope, black due to the lava sands, and for this reason extraordinarily rich in minerals; around woods and more recent lava flows.
Cultivation system	Guyot
Plants per hectare	5000
Yield per hectare	70 q
Harvest	5 2 October
Wine making	The grapes, harvested in crates, are immediately chilled to 8°C, selected by hand and sent to a light crushing and then soft pressing. The decanted must is racked and fermented at 15°C, in stainless steel and 15% of the must in tonneaux. The resulting wine remains on its fine lees until February with continuous agitation.
Aging	In steel vats and 500 and Allier oak tonneaux.
Total acidity	6.4 gr/L
PH	3.22
Allergens	Contains sulphites