Biondi Rosso 'Cisterna Fuori,' Etna DOC 2020

Overview

A powerful and complex single-vineyard Etna Rosso from a steep crater formed around 125 BCE, with red fruit, earth, dried herbs, fennel and crushed-stone minerality.

Producer

Biondi

Region

Sicily

Appellation

Etna Rosso DOC

Fermentation

11-day maceration; controlled low-temperature fermentation in stainless steel with native yeasts.

Variety

80% Nerello Mascalese; 20% Nerello Cappuccio

Farming

Practicing organic

Aging

18 months in neutral 225- and 500-liter barrels; unfined and unfiltered.

Soil

Volcanic sand; east-facing steep crater vineyard at approximately 640–650 meters

Age of Vines

Planted in 1980