Etna Rosato DOC 2022 - Girolamo Russo

Etna Rosato DOC VARIETY NERELLO MASCALESE 100% PRODUCTION AREAS Contrada San Lorenzo, selection from the lowest old vines CRU NUMBER OF BOTTLES 15000 ALCOHOL CONTENT 12,5% PROPERTY Volcanic, sandy soil, rich in minerals AGE Vineyards 80 years old ALTITUDE 700m slm level SURFACE Selection of 8ha EXPOSURE Northern slopes of Etna PLANTS DENSITY 5500 vines per hectare TRAINING SYSTEM Sapling and “modified” espalier sapling YIELD HA 50q HARVEST PERIOD First days of October HARVEST CONDUCT Manual FERMENTATION: carried out spontaneously by the yeasts naturally present on the grapes TEMPERATURES OF FERMENTATION 15°C TIMES OF MACERATION ON THE SKINS The time of pressing the whole bunches, about 5h MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION No CONTAINERS REFINEMENT Steel DURATION OF REFINEMENT 6 months REFINEMENT IN THE BOTTLE -