Prefillossera Etna DOC Rosso
Ruby red colour with a rich and deep bouquet of red berries and volcanic ash combined with intense balsamic and flinty scents. Powerful and persistent on the palate, with velvety tannins and a pleasant sapid finish.
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Category
Still Red Wine
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Grape varieties
90% Nerello Mascalese, 10% Nerello Cappuccio
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Region
Italy, Sicily
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Appellation
Etna DOC Rosso
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Vineyard
Contrada Santo Spirito, Passopisciaro
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Vinification
Carefully selected bunches from the oldest vines are hand-harvested in mid-October, then fermented with indigenous yeasts and undergo prolonged maceration in 500L rotative French oak barrels.
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Ageing
24 months in 500L French oak barrels, followed by 12 months of bottle aging.
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Vintage
2021
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Soil
Black-brown volcanic sand and rocks, organic-rich
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Age of The Vines
More than 100 years
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Training System
Bush-training with chestnut poles