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Etna Rosso Reserve 2010
Organoleptic characteristics
Colour: Ruby red with garnet reflections
Bouquet: intense and balsamic
Flavour: round, full-bodied, harmonious, particularly complex and austere wine.
Training
Production Area: North Etna
Vineyards in Ha: 9
Exposition: North/South
Altitude: 800-900 metres above sea level
Soil Type: Vulcanic
Vineyards age: 80-100
Planting density for hectare: 5500 plantes
Traning system: Bush
Ql. Grapes/ha: 40-60 about
Yield for hectare:60% about
Harvest period: October/November
Climate: humid and partially dry
Vinification
Maceration of skins in days:30
Fermentation equipment: steel fermenters
Duration of fermentation in days:15
Fermentation temperature in C°: 22-24°C
Malolactic fermentation: yes
Laboratory analysis
Sugar content at harvest time: 21-24° babo
Total acidity of the must at harvest time: 7-8
Alcohol content: 13,00-15 % vol
ph: 3,40 -3,50
Refinement
Refinement: 5 years aged in a oak barrels
Bottle Ageing: 5 years
Type of wood: oak from Slavonia
Packaging
Glass bottles: 0,75l
number of bottles in box: 6
Serving suggestions: 20°C
From the old wineyards of Etna ( 80 – 100 of age) planted sapling born historical reserves Etna DOC Etna.
The Patria winery as a result of long experience in the field of Etna wine, select the best grapes of the varieties of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio.
Etna Rosso DOC Reserv is the real king of the wines of Etna. The uniqueness of the reserve is given by the aging of 5 years in oak barrels of Slavonia and another 5 years of aging in bottle.
