Contrada Rampante

Grapes: Nerello Mascalese
Appellation: Red – Etna DOC
Production area: North slopes of Etna volcano – Contrada Rampante Castiglione di Sicilia, Catania – Sicily
Soil: volcanic formations with different compositions but from the same time period (between 4,000 and 15,000 years ago)
Year planted: 2000
Elevation: 740 m.a.s.l.
Exposure: northeast – southwest
Training system: espalier
Pruning system: spur-pruned cordon
Vines per ha: 5,000
Yield per ha: 66 ql
Harvest: October 16th, 2020
Climate trends: in the Tenuta Tascante, in 2020 there was a cool
spring with little rain. The summer was not too hot, with a good amount of rain. September was hot and rainy, but the weather was dry at the beginning of the harvest in October. The good availability of water and not too high temperatures during the maturation period promoted a slow and complete ripening of Nerello Mascalese.
Fermentation: traditional for reds
Fermentation temperature: 25-30°C
Duration of fermentation: 10 days
Malolactic fermentation: fully developed
Aging: 12 months in 25hl Slavonian oak barrels
Alcohol content: 13.5% Vol.
Wine analytical data: pH 3.34 – TA 6.15 g/l – RS 1.0 g/l – TE 27.1 g/l
Contains sulphites