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Contrada Blandano Etna Rosso Riserva DOC

    • Description :

      Appellation: "Etna Rosso" DOC
      Production area: Contrada Blandano - Viagrande Catania, southeast slope of Etna.
      Site climate: High-hill with considerable day-night temperature swings.
      Vines per hectare: 6500 vertical-trained, bush-trained and spurred cordon-trained.
      Vinification: The grapes are destemmed and then allowed to ferment on the skins for about twenty days in concrete tanks. During skin contact, manual punch downs are done to extract color
      Maturation: When malolactic fermentation is complete, the wine matures in concrete tanks and medium-sized oak barrels for at least 12 months and then in bottle.
      Maximum number of bottles produced: 3,000.

      Grape varieties :

      90% Nerello Mascalese and 10% Nerello Cappuccio

      Altitude :

      450m-550m ASL

      Exposure :

      South-East slope of Etna

      Soil :

      Sand of volcanic origin

      Alcohol :

      13.5%

Press Notes

  • Decanter
    • 2018
      90 points
    • 2017
      94 points
  • James Suckling
    • 2018, 2016, 2015
      93 points
    • 2014
      94 points
  • AG Vinous
    • 2017
      90 points
  • Wine Enthusiast
    • 2018, 2016
      92 points
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