Contrada Cavaliere Etna DOC Bianco
Straw yellow color with complex bouquet of white flowers, citrus fruit, honey, saffron, with aromatic herbs and hydrocarbons. On the palate it is fresh and persistent with delicious mineral flavors.
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Category
Still White Wine
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Grape varieties
Carricante
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Region
Italy, Sicily
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Appellation
Etna DOC Bianco
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Vineyard
Contrada Cavaliere, Santa Maria di Licodia
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Vinification
Hand-harvested in the first week of October. Soft pressing and fermentation in stainless-steel tanks with indigenous yeast.
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Ageing
12 months in stainless steel and tonneaux in contact with the fine lees and 12 months in the bottle.
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Vintage
2021
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Soil
Volcanic black-brown sand and rocks, organic-rich
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Age of The Vines
Up to 100 years
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Training System
Bush-training with chestnut poles