Barbazzale Etna Rosso Cottanera
Barbazzale Etna Rosso DOC - Cantina Cottanera
Among the red wines of Etna we offer Barbazzale from the Cottanera winery. Produced in the Castiglione di Sicilia area, on the northern slope of Etna, from native Nerello Mascalese grapes with a small percentage of Nerello Cappuccio, Barbazzale Rosso is a wine with mineral nuances, pleasantly fresh and with good acidity. Perfect to accompany an excellent pizza.
The extraordinary terroir of Etna offers unmistakable wines such as Etna Rosso Barbazzale from the Cottanera winery located in Castiglione di Sicilia.
Classification: Etna Rosso DOC
Grape variety: 90% Nerello Mascalese, 10% Nerello Cappuccino
Production area: Contrada Diciasettesalme, Contrada Feudo di Mezzo in the municipality of Castiglione di Sicilia
Altitude: 680 to 750 m above sea level
Soil: lava-alluvial and lava-clayey
Training system: espalier
Average age of the vines: 30 years
Vine density: 5700 plants/ha
Yield: 75 quintals/ha
Harvest: manual with small crates; first week of October
Vinification: destemming and maceration with the skin contact at controlled temperature of 28°C with frequent pumping of must over grapes and wine-pressing
Refinement: 5 months in stainless steel
Alcohol content: 14% vol
Colour: brilliant ruby red
Nose: aromatic scents of raspberries, blackberries and wild flowers that intertwine with mineral nuances
Palate: pleasant freshness balanced by good aromatic tannins
Pairings: ideal with pizza, semi-mature cheeses, Sicilian dishes such as pasta alla norma and ethnic cuisine, such as chicken curry
Serving temperature: 16-18°C
Produced and bottled by Cottanera S.r.l. - Castiglione di Sicilia (CT) - Italy
- Alcohol level
- 14
- Cellars
- Cottanera
- Grapes
- Nerello Mascalese - Nerello Cappuccio
- Region
- Sicily
- Appellation
- Etna DOC
Two brothers Guglielmo and Enzo Cambria have created the Cottanera farming enterprise obtaining the millenial inheritance and giving life once again to a vine growing and wine producing area which has no equal in the world.
In the South and in particular for Sicily, the Etna area is equipped with unique possibilities to produce wines of great finesse, balance and body with elegant aromas and above all with rather high acidity values that give the wines produced freshness of aromas and flavors and good storage and aging capacity over time especially of red wines which here traditionally are based on Nerello Mascalese, with a small presence of Nero d'Avola, the most widespread and most important grape in the region, in addition to Nerello Cappuccio.
It was a difficult task, on the limits of the impossible, realized thanks to a plan based on quality, that quality which is not only a beautiful word but is made up of intelligence, energy, will, transport, faith and above all passion.
A passion which, like the lava in the bowels of the mountain, runs in the veins of men capable of great enterprises.
