Etna Bianco Contrada Calderara Cottanera
Etna Bianco DOC Contrada Calderara - Cottanera
Obtained from 100% Carricante grapes, Contrada Calderara is the Etna Bianco from the Cottanera winery. Produced in Castiglione di Sicilia in the vineyards of Contrada Calderara, it is a complex white wine, with a marked minerality and destined for longevity.
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Etna Bianco Contrada Calderara from the Cottanera winery is a wine of extraordinary aromatic freshness and minerality thanks to the lava terroir, a mixture of black pumice and basalt.
Classification: Etna DOC Bianco
Grape variety: 100% Carricante
Production area: Contrada Calderara in the municipality of Castiglione di Sicilia
Altitude: 780 m asl
Soil: lava-alluvial and lava-clayey
Training system: espalier
Average age of vines: 45 years
Vine density: 5900 plants/ha
Yield: 50 quintals/ha
Harvest: manual with small crates; first week of October
Vinification: cold maceration for about 24 hours, followed by cold setting
Fermentation: 40% of the must ferments in French large oak, the remaining part in cement tank
Aging: 40% in French large oak on yeast for 12 months; the remaining part in cement tank
Alcohol content: 12.5% vol
Colour: golden straw
Nose: hints of lemon blossom, elderberry, chamomile, bergamot, sage and fresh oregano that intertwine with fruity notes of white peach and yellow plum
Palate: saline vitality enhancing the sinuous body
Pairings: ideal with fish, semi-mature cheeses and raw meat such as steak tartare
Produced and bottled by Cottanera S.r.l. - Castiglione di Sicilia (CT) - Italy
- Grapes
- Carricante
- Region
- Sicily
- Appellation
- Etna Bianco DOC
- Alcohol level
- 12.5%
