• Tenuta di Fessina Etna Rosso Erse 1911 Contrada Moscamento 2020
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Tenuta di Fessina Sicily Etna DOC Wines

Tenuta di Fessina

Tenuta di Fessina Etna Rosso Erse 1911 Contrada Moscamento 2020

Red still

  • Tenuta di Fessina Etna Rosso Erse 1911 Contrada Moscamento 2020
  • Tenuta di Fessina Etna Rosso Erse 1911 Contrada Moscamento 2020
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Tenuta di Fessina Sicily Etna DOC Wines
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Denomination Etna DOC
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 13.5% by volume
Area Sicily (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Nerello Mascalese
Aging In French oak tonneaux and 35hl barrels for 24 months, plus 12 months in bottle.
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Description

A dedication to mother Etna, to her richness and fertility. A wine born from a manual selection of a single eruption, a frame, a portrait of the Volcano.

Awards

  • 2020

    3

    This guide is highly respected and offers the most comprehensive review of Italian wines. It has a long tradition and is based on blind tastings carried out by over 100 experts.

  • 2020

    3

    Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide

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Details

Profumo

Perfume

Violet, ink, pink pepper, iron, and wild red berries.

Colore

Color

Light ruby.

Gusto

Taste

Round and soft tannins. Spicy and velvety, with high vertical acidity and a sweet, herbaceous and persistent finish.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Pairings

Meat
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Producer
Tenuta di Fessina
From this winery
  • Start up year: 2007
  • Oenologist: Alessandro Benedetto, Jacopo Maniaci
  • Bottles produced: 80.000
  • Hectares: 15
From the beginning, Tentua di Fessina’s desire was to create "a place of beauty, between earth and spirit", rather than a cellar in the strict sense in which people, skills and energies could converge and in turn merge to enrich the intangible heritage of the Estate, made up of professional and human relationships, exchanges and ideas around the culture of wine and good living.

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
Production area: Sicily
Sicily
Tenuta di Fessina

Name Tenuta di Fessina Etna Rosso Erse 1911 Contrada Moscamento 2020
Type Red still
Denomination Etna DOC
Vintage 2020
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 13.5% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Nerello Mascalese
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Vendor Tenuta di Fessina
Origin Rovittello
Climate Altitude: 700 m. a.s.l. Exposure: North-East.
Soil composition The soil is fine and deep, composed mainly of pumice, fine destructured clays and ancient powders.
Yield per hectare 5,000 kg
Harvest October.
Wine making Fermentation with controlled temperature maceration in stainless steel tanks. Soft de-stemming and crushing with rollers after a careful selection of the grapes in the vineyard and on the sorting belt in the cellar. Time of maceration on the peels: 6 to 9 depending on the vintages, fermentation temperatures between 23 and 26 °C to extract colour and perfumes.
Aging In French oak tonneaux and 35hl barrels for 24 months, plus 12 months in bottle.
Allergens Contains sulphites