Etna Rosso Reseca 2019

Description

Organic still red Etna DOC, 14% ABV, 100% Nerello Mascalese, produced by Gulfi. 0.75-liter bottle, 2019 vintage. A wine born on the slopes of Etna, a unique territory for its history and richness. The grapes, harvested between the first and second weeks of October, are vinified in red with a long maceration of the must with the skins. Aged in small 500-liter French oak barrels for at least 2 years. Spicy, floral, balsamic. Pale ruby red color. On the palate, it is dry and mineral, with a strong tannic structure that makes it a wine of great structure and persistence.

Details

Perfume

Spicy, floral, balsamic.

Color

Pale ruby red.

Taste

Dry, mineral, important tannic texture.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Gulfi

From this winery

• Start up year: 1996
• Oenologist: Salvo Foti
• Bottles produced: 220.000
• Hectares: 40

In 1996 Catania, Vito a businessman originally from Chiaramonte Gulfi, decided to give new impetus to the tradition of wine-growing family. Spurred by a passion for wine, Vito Catania started in collaboration with Salvo Foti a brave project for Sicilian viticulture: to give life to a selection of great wines from Nero d'Avola choosing the most suitable land traditional area of ??the Val di Noto. This is how the Nero d'Avola durable and harmonious, refined and complex, able to speak the same language of the great classics of world enology and to express the purity of accent with the Sicilian. Gulfi now includes more than 70 hectares of vineyard certified organic, all property, in addition to producing great wines and of Nero d'Avola Carricante expression of two whites, indigenous variety of strong personalities, a fascinating Cerasuolo DOCG vineyard and a red centenary on the slopes of Etna. Read more

Sicily

Technical Sheet

Name	Gulfi Etna Rosso Reseca 2019
Type	Red organic still
Denomination	Etna DOC
Vintage	2019
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Nerello Mascalese
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Gulfi
Origin	Vigna Poggio vineyard covers one and a half hectares in the hamlet of Monte la Guardia, municipality of Randazzo on the northern slope of Etna
Climate	Fresh and breezy. Altitude: 800 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition	Volcanic
Cultivation system	Sapling
Plants per hectare	10000
Yield per hectare	60 q.
Wine making	The grapes, harvested between the first and second week of October, are vinified in red with long maceration of the must with the skins.
Aging	After malolactic fermentation, the wine is racked into small 500-litre French oak tonneaux where it remains for at least 2 years. In bottle for at least 2 years.
Allergens	Contains sulphites