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Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
14 -16 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
- Start up year: 2007
- Oenologist: Alessandro Benedetto, Jacopo Maniaci
- Bottles produced: 80.000
- Hectares: 15
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
| Name | Tenuta di Fessina Erse Etna Rosso 2023 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Etna DOC |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Vendor | Tenuta di Fessina |
| Origin | Castiglione di Sicilia (CT) |
| Climate | Altitude: 670 m. a.s.l. Exposure: North-East. |
| Soil composition | Dark sandy with skeleton grain and volcanic hash, typical of the Etna lava flows. |
| Cultivation system | Head-trained. |
| Plants per hectare | 8000 plants per hectare |
| Yield per hectare | 80 q/ha |
| Harvest | October. By hands usisng perforated crates. |
| Wine making | Malolacti fermentation spontaneous. Time of maceration on the skins: 5/6 days. Fermentation in staineless steel at controlled temperature. |
| Total acidity | 5.5 gr/L |
| PH | 3.4 |
| Residual sugar | 3.0 gr/L |
| Dry extract | 22.5 gr/L |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

