Calderara Sottana Etna Rosso DOC 2021 - Girolamo Russo

CALDERARA SOTTANA Etna Rosso DOC VARIETY NERELLO MASCALESE 94% NERELLO CAPPUCCIO 6% PRODUCTION AREAS Contrada Calderara Sottana (Randazzo) CRU Calderara Sottana NUMBER OF BOTTLES 1800 ALCOHOL CONTENT 14% PROPERTY Volcanic, sandy soil, rich in minerals AGE about 50 years ALTITUDE 700m slm SURFACE Selection from 1ha EXPOSURE Northern slopes of Etna PLANTS DENSITY 4500 vines per hectare TRAINING SYSTEM Sapling and “modified” espalier sapling YIELD HA 30q HARVEST PERIOD Second half of October HARVEST MANAGEMENT Manual FERMENTATION: carried out spontaneously by the yeasts naturally present on the grapes FERMENTATION TEMPERATURES 28°C-30°C TIMES OF MACERATION ON THE SKINS 15 days MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION In spring, spontaneous CONTAINERS REFINEMENT Used tonneaux REFINEMENT DURATION 18 months REFINEMENT IN THE BOTTLE Minimum 6 months