Etna Red 2020 Roberto Abbate 75 cl

Description

History

It all starts from the passion transmitted to Roberto by his older brother Enzo, who, attending school under officers of the finance police in Cuneo, met Giuseppe Rinaldi back in 1975 and became passionate about the world of wine when Roberto was just two years old. Over the years the same passion has been passed on to Roberto, who has expanded and enriched it to the point of making wine for home use since 2005. It is from there that he gradually grew up as a self-taught oenologist until he started producing wine from grapes produced in Passopisciaro, a fraction of the Municipality of Castiglione di Sicilia (CT) in a secular vineyard of about 80 – 100 years in Contrada Feudo di Mezzo, at an altitude of 650 m above sea level, on the northern slope of Etna.

Grapes used

Nerello Mascalese 95%
Nerello Cappuccio 5%

Method of Production

Spontaneous fermentation and maceration on the skins for 16 days in bee vats plus daily manual punching down for the entire duration of the alcoholic fermentation. Aging for 14 months in used barriques and 6 months in the bottle.

Alcohol content

14%

Tasting notes

Intense garnet red colour. On the nose notes of wild berries, blueberry, mulberry and blackberry jam, also present the classic notes of Mediterranean scrub, forest herbs and graphite. In the mouth it is full-bodied, elegant, slightly sapid, rich, enveloping and soft, the scents perceived on the nose remain. The finish is long, pleasantly spicy.

Possibili abbinamenti

 In abbinamento è perfetto con carni rosse e selvaggina, ma anche affettati vari e formaggi stagionati.