Contrada Feudo Etna Rosso DOC 2020 - Girolamo Russo

Etna Rosso DOC VARIETY NERELLO MASCALESE 94% NERELLO CAPPUCCIO 6% PRODUCTION AREAS Contrada Feudo (Randazzo) CRU Feudo NUMBER OF BOTTLES 4000 ALCOHOL CONTENT 14% PROPERTY Volcanic, sandy soil, rich in minerals AGE Approximately 70 years ALTITUDE 650m slm level SURFACE Selection from 1 ,50ha of vines for 70 years EXPOSURE Northern slopes of Etna PLANTS DENSITY 5500 vines per hectare TRAINING SYSTEM Sapling and “modified” espalier sapling YIELD HA 30q HARVEST PERIOD Second week of October HARVEST MANAGEMENT Manual FERMENTATION: carried out spontaneously by the yeasts present naturally on the grapes FERMENTATION TEMPERATURES 28°C-30°C MACERATION TIMES ON THE SKINS 15 days MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION In spring, spontaneous CONTAINERS AGING 2600 lt oak barrels. second passage REFINEMENT DURATION 18 months REFINEMENT IN THE BOTTLE At least 6 months