Tenuta Delle Terre Nere San Lorenzo Etna Rosso (750ml)

This bottling is an Etna Rosso from the “Grand Cru” of San Lorenzo.  It comes from 8 hectares of goblet trained vineyards in the district of the same name in the municipality of Randazzo. In some plots the vines are more than 70 years old, the altitude is 750 meters above sea level, the soil is almost pure volcanic ash.  The terroir of Contrada San Lorenzo originated from lava flows and volcano-clastic deposits related to the effusive and explosive activity of the Elliptic volcano between 60,000 and 15,000 years ago. San Lorenzo is the Contrada that marks the North West border of the D.O.C. Etna and therefore has the coldest climate of the D.O.C. This climate combined with soils especially rich in ash, creates a unique and unrepeatable combination. 

Nerello Mascalese grapes are harvested at the end of October fermented at a controlled temperature of 28-30° C.  The wine undergoes a spontaneous malolactic fermentation and is aged in French oak barriques and tonneaux for 14 months followed by 1 month of resting in stainless steel. 

Only 8000 bottles produced annually.