Description

Production area: Contrada Santo Spirito, Passopisciaro, Mount Etna - Northern 
exposure.
Grapes: Carricante 90% - Catarratto 10%. 
Soil: black, brownish volcanic sands 60-70%;volcanic rocks. 
Training system: bush-training with chestnut poles. Up to 100 years old vines. 
Plantation density: on average 8000 vines/Ha. 
Average yield: 50 quintals.
Harvest: manual, last week of September.
Vinification: soft pressing and fermentation in stainless steels tanks with selected indigenous 
yeasts.
Ageing: minimum 10 months in stainless steel tanks in contact with the fine lees and 
minimum 8 months in the bottle.

Tasting: straw yellow colour, with a complex bouquet of white flowers, citrus fruit, honey,  saffron, with aromatic herbs and petrol hints. It is fresh, juicy and persistent on the palate with a sapid finish.

Service temperature: 10-12°C.