750ml
Generazione Alessandro Croceferro Etna Rosso DOC
A red wine from Etna, produced from 100% Nerello Mascalese grapes. It expresses its volcanity with freshness and, alternating vibrating sensations with softer perceptions, gives the palate lightness.
Varietal: 100% Nerello Mascalese
Appellation: Etna Rosso DOC
Production Zone: North-East side of Etna, municipality of Castiglione di Sicilia in contrada Piano Filici. Altitude 640 mt asl.
Soil: Volcanic sand with a good presence of red pumice
Vinification: Grapes hand-picked in the early hours of the morning (beginning of October). Soft pressing after cooling the grapes and slow fermentation (12 days) in steel truncated cone vats with daily cap breakages carried out by punching down
Maturation: 12 months in French oak tonneaux, 30% of the mass refines in steel tanks and at least 6 months in bottle at a constant temperature (18°C)
Tasting Notes & Pairing Ideas
- Bright ruby red. Elegant floral notes of geranium and rosehip intermingle with delicate hints of strawberry and pomegranate, with a final nuance that recalls pleasant brackish notes. Well- balanced sip alternates vibrant sensations with softer perceptions, giving the palate a sense of ethereal lightness enlivened by a finish that brings back juicy pomegranate notes
- Versatile with food. Poultry, pork, salmon and tuna are great, also pasta works well.
Winery Profile
- The Alessandro family has been producing wine for 4 generations on the hills in Camporeale (Palermo).
- Generazione Alessandro is the project of three cousins – Benedetto, Anna and Benedetto – who, together with their fathers, decided to embark on a new endeavor on Etna, a very diverse viniculture territory unparagoned in the world, giving life to wines with unique, strong identity.
- The property extends for about ten hectares on the north-east side of the volcano. The vineyards are located on plots of land in close proximity but with different geomorphological and microclimatic characteristics, which profoundly influence the yield of the grapes. They are in Linguaglossa (Contrada Sciaramanica, and Contrada Borriglione) in Castiglione di Sicilia (Contrada Crasà, and Contrada Piano Filici)