Description
This wine is produced at our Feudo di Mezzo winery, situated in the heart of Etna viticulture. It comes from Nerello Mascalese grapes, and from the search for a modern expression of this noble grape variety cultivated in the unique and splendid terroir of Etna.
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Serve at:
14 -16 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour

- Start up year: 1995
- Oenologist: Alessio Planeta
- Bottles produced: 2.600.000
- Hectares: 395


Name | Planeta Etna Rosso 2022 |
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Type | Red green still |
Denomination | Etna DOC |
Vintage | 2022 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
Grape varieties | 100% Nerello Mascalese |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Vendor | Planeta |
Origin | Castiglione di Sicilia (Catania). |
Climate | Altitude: 510 m. a.s.l. |
Soil composition | The land has perfect aspect and position, black from lava sands, and thus extraordinarily rich in minerals, surrounded by woods and more recent lava flows. |
Cultivation system | Spurred cordon. |
Plants per hectare | 5,000. |
Yield per hectare | 4,500 kg/hectare. |
Harvest | By hand with crates, between the 15th and 25th of October. |
Wine making | The grapes, if necessary, are once refrigerated at 10°C after harvest, and selected by hand. The grapes are destemmed and crushed with fermentation at 23°C in wooden vats and in stainless steel vats. They remain on the skins for 14 days, with a mixing and two manual stirrings each day, decanted with the help of the vertical press. The wine obtained thus matures in wooden and stainless steel vats for 6-8 months. |
Aging | In wooden 50 hl vats and stainless steel. |
Total acidity | 5.1 gr/L |
PH | 3.55 |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |