ERSE ETNA DOC BIANCO
OUR WINES
The entry white from the Fessina battery, the same name as the basic red, is the steel-vinified version of Carricante, combined for 20% with Minnella and Catarratto, indigenous Etna grapes from the company’s vineyards in Rovittello. In the new Etna DOC Bianco di Fessina the blend with Catarratto and Minnella integrates the aromatic apparatus. The fruit and the fragrance enhance the wonderful emotions that Carricante gives, so savory and with an unmistakable acidity. Erse Bianco is, intentionally, a fresh, young, direct wine, with great drinkability and an evident mineral imprint. It comes from a blend of Carricante coming from Contrade di Caselle and Volpare in Milo and Contrada Manzeudda in Biancavilla.
DENOMINATION: Etna Bianco D.O.C.
VARIETALS: Carricante 90%, Catarratto, Minnella 10%
ENOLOGIST / AGRONOMIST: Benedetto Alessandro
COLOR: straw yellow, green shades
SCENT: broom, mountain herbs, lemon peel, almond, white flowers
TASTE: flint, sapid, high acidity, toasted, persistent herbaceous, saline on the final
PRODUCTION AREA: Biancavilla, Milo
VINEYARD SURFACE: 2,0 ha Biancavilla – 2,0 ha Milo
AGE OF THE VINEYARDS: 1950 Biancavilla, 1930 Milo
EXPOSITION: South Biancavilla, East Milo
ALTITUDE: 900 mt Biancavilla / 950 mt Milo
SOIL COMPOSITION: Biancavilla, Contrada Manzudda
HARVEST TIME: October
YIELD PER HA: 6,000 kg
VINIFICATION AND AGING: static decantation
for 24-36 hours, racking and fermentation start
FERMENTATION: alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks under temperature control
AGING: aging in bottle for 6-8 months
TOTAL PRODUCTION:18.000
