Feudo Pignatone Davanti Casa

Nerello Mascalese

Feudo Pignatone Rosso Davanti Casa is created from a selection of Nerello Mascalese grapes from ancient vines grown organically on the contrada (an ancient estate usually aligning with an historic lava flow) of the same name in the municipality of Randazzo on the northern slope of Mount Etna at an altitude of approximately 700 metres. The grapes used for Feudo Pignatone Rosso Davanti Casa come from hundred-year-old vines. The bunches are meticulously selected in the vineyard, followed by the separate vinification of every single parcel so as to produce a wine reflecting the identity of the terroir and the contrada. A wine full of energy, with a rare elegance and finesse, and excellent scope for development over time.

Appellation :

Etna Rosso Doc Contrada Feudo Pignatone

Variety :

100% Nerello Mascalese

Age of the vines :

approximately 100 years

Altitude :

700 m above sea level

Date of harvest :

27 October 2021

Yield per vine :

750gr/plant on average

Fermentation :

spontaneous, using yeasts naturally present on the grapes

Vinification :

the grapes, manually harvested, have been vinified in small opened tanks with 35% of whole bunches, the contact with the skins lasted 15 days with daily punching down.

Ageing :

new oak casks for 10 months

Appellation :

Etna Rosso Doc Contrada Feudo Pignatone

Bottling :

4 September 2022

Bottles produced :

2.850 bottles of 750ml. 30 Magnum of 1,5 liters

Climate during vintage 2021

2021 vintage began with a rainy and cool winter and spring that slowed the vegetative cycle by a few days. Subsequently from May to August the rains were sporadic and of modest entity, this period of dry and rather high temperatures reduced the average weight of the bunches of about 25-30% however the winter rains allowed the plants to cope well with the summer months characterized by rather high temperatures and lack of rain and not go into water stress; in mid August some rains occurred which allowed the grapes to reach perfect ripeness in an optimal way in absence of criticalities and with an excellent phenolic ripeness.