2019 Vini Scirto 'Don Pippinu' Etna Rosso

Region: Mt. Etna < Sicily < ItalyGrapes: Nerello Mascalese + 15% Nerello CappuccioVineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming; old (80+ years) high-altitude vineyards planted at 700 meters (3000 feet) on deep, pumice -ich volcanic soils soils; two-week maceration then grapes foot crushed, fermented and aged 12 months in stainless steel; bottled unfined/unfiltered with no added SO2; zero-zero; 13% ABVWinemakers: Giuseppe Scirto and Valeria Franco Woman co-winemaker + co-owner -- Valeria Franco! From super high-altitude vineyards on the northern slopes of Sicily’s epic volcano, where the couple's 4 hectares of vines live happily among olive, nut and lemon trees Named after Giuseppe’s grandpa Don Pippinu who passed away in 2005, and inspired them to work the vines and make the wine just like he did: with minimum intervention and zero chemistry. Nerello Mascalese is the Southern Italian equivalent of Nebbiolo -- high acid and tannin, low pigment, late ripening and super ageworthy Light-b