Etna Bianco 'Le Vigne Niche-Calderara Sottana', Terre Nere 2024 Bottle:1 offering lively raspberry and dusty

offering lively raspberry and dusty earth flavors and grainy tannins that provide substance and depth

(Neal Martin)

The elevage is also simple

The wine is pale yellow

the convergence of those two very different efforts

Etna Bianco 'Le Vigne Niche-Calderara Sottana', Terre Nere 2024 Bottle:1 offering lively raspberry and dusty100% Carricante from the contrada (or subzone) of Calderara Sottana in the township of Randazzo 600 650 meters above sea level Extremely rocky volcanic soils speckled with black pumice and solid volcanic rock along with sand 5 30 year old vines Fruit harvested at the end of September Soft pressing, low temperature fermentation in French oak barrels of 5 and 10 hl Malolactic fermentation and aging only in stainless steel for the first time in harvest