Biondi Rosso 'San Nicolo,' Etna DOC 2022

Overview

An elegant and perfumed single-vineyard Etna Rosso from ungrafted vines on a steep extinct crater, with floral red fruit and iron-rich volcanic 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 with iron-rich red pumice; southwest-facing crater vineyard at approximately 640–650 meters

Age of Vines

Planted in 2000; ungrafted