Description
Region: Sicily
Grape: Nerello Mascalese
Vineyard Size: 19 hectares
Soil: volcanic
Average Age of Vines: 100 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: destemmed, gentle press, spontaneous fermentation in epoxy tanks with indigenous yeasts
Aging: in epoxy tanks
Fining: none
Filtration: 5 micron cartridges
Added SO2: values can vary from 15 to 50 mg/l., added or not, depending on the quality of grapes and stability of the wine.
From Frank: “Our ‘Grand Vin’ from our Barbabecchi vineyard at 910m. asl. Planted around 1910 and North-Northeast exposed, capturing the first and cool morning sun rays. This pure Nerello Mascalese from ungrafted old vines makes a profound wine, rich as well as elegant, with character, personality and great finesse and is produced only in great vintages where we achieve phenolic ripeness.”
