Vigneti Vecchio Etna Rosso Sciare Vive 2017

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Nerello Mascalese, a notoriously tannic and high-acid grape, makes up the majority of the blend here. How to tame the beast? Carmelo and Rosa co-ferment it with an array of white v arieties—about 10 percent of the blend—that grow among the Nerello vines, a traditional practice not unlike what was once common in Chianti or Côte-Rôtie. Add in gentle treatment in the cellar and an unfiltered bottling, and you get this delicate, silky volcanic beauty—a finely knit gem with an intoxicating perfume of cherry and the slightest trace of fuming crater. Show more