Terra Costantino
Terra Costantino Etna Rosso Contrada Blandano Riserva 2019
| Denomination | Etna DOC |
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| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Area | Sicily (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 90% Nerello Mascalese, 10% Nerello Cappuccio |
| Aging | When malolactic fermentation is complete, the wine matures in concrete tanks and medium-sized oak barrels for more than 12 months, and then in bottle. |
Awards
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2019
4Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.
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2019
3One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.
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2019
94/100
Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.
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2019
4Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide
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Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
- Start up year: 1975
- Oenologist: Luca D'Attoma
- Bottles produced: 30.000
- Hectares: 10
This activity was dedicated to self-sufficiency until recent years, when Dino decided to change his path towards quality, followed by his son Fabio in the name of his attachment to the territory as follows: "We listen to the grapes, we smell the earth, we caress the vineyard. When the sun beats, when cold nights blow on the shoots, when the colours of the leaves change, we are there. But we don't make wine. Etna does the wine up here".
And in accordance with this axiom, the biological protocol was chosen to conduct the single body of about 10 hectares, between 450 and 550 meters above sea level, in Contrada Blandano, which is the company's heritage. Volcanic soils on which only ethnic vines are allowed, with the two Nerello red berries and Carricante and Catarratto for the white ones.
The oldest vines are planted with saplings, with densities of around 8,000 vines per hectare, which decrease to around 4,000 for the more recent spurred cordon vines. In the cellar, the advent of Luca D'Attoma has given further impetus to the search for quality, leaning towards the traditional large barrel for the two Blandano, which unfortunately are expected with the new vintage after the good performance sustained, for both, with 2014. Only steel is used for the white and pink wines, and cement and tonneau for the red wines of the DeAetna line.
This name tends to indicate "a philosophy before a wine", in fact it is taken from the title of a booklet of 1496, in which the future Cardinal Pietro Bembo disserts the conformation of the volcano after a trip to Sicily. Read more
| Name | Terra Costantino Etna Rosso Contrada Blandano Riserva 2019 |
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| Type | Red organic still |
| Denomination | Etna DOC |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 90% Nerello Mascalese, 10% Nerello Cappuccio |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Vendor | Terra Costantino |
| Origin | Contrada Blandano - Viagrande Catania, south-east slope of Etna |
| Climate | High-hill with considerable day-night temperature swings. Altitude: 450-550 m. a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | Sand of volcanic origin. |
| Cultivation system | Vertical-trained, bush-trained and spurred cordon-trained. |
| Plants per hectare | 6500 |
| Yield per hectare | 30 q. |
| Harvest | Manual, ripening in the first fifteen days of October. |
| Wine making | The grapes are destemmed and then allowed to ferment on the skins for about twenty days concrete tanks .During skin contact, manual punch downs are done to extract color and tannins. |
| Aging | When malolactic fermentation is complete, the wine matures in concrete tanks and medium-sized oak barrels for more than 12 months, and then in bottle. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |