Details

Perfume

Color

Taste
Serve at:
10 - 12 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years

Pairings
- Start up year: 2002
- Oenologist: Calogero Statella
- Bottles produced: 300.000
- Hectares: 35


Name | Terre Nere Etna Bianco Santo Spirito 2023 |
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Type | White organic still |
Denomination | Etna DOC |
Vintage | 2023 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
Grape varieties | 100% Carricante |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Vendor | Tenuta delle Terre Nere |
Origin | Contrada Santo Spirito, town of Castiglione di Sicilia (Catania). |
Climate | Altitude: 700-750 m. a.s.l. Exposition: northern slope of Mount Etna. |
Soil composition | Volcanic, deep, predominantly volcanic ash, very loose and dark. |
Cultivation system | Traditional "alberello" head-training. |
Yield per hectare | 6,000 kg/hectare. |
Harvest | Beginning of October. |
Wine making | Traditional white vinification with short cold maceration (8 0°C), soft pressing, static decantation and alcoholic fermentation in 5 and 10 hl French oak barrels. |
Aging | Malolactic fermentation and ageing in French oak barriques for 10 months followed by ageing in bottle for 8 months. |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |