
2021 Vini Cali Controcorrente 'Preliminare' Pet-Nat
Region: Linguaglossa < Mt. Etna < Sicily < ItalyGrapes: Nerello mascalese Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming, mineral rich volcanic soil; grapes are destemmed, pressed and fermented without temperature control; After destemming and crushing, the must and skins were in contact for a couple of hours before a very soft pressing. Fermentation started spontaneously in steel. The wine is refermented with must from a mid-October harvest then bottled with a second fermentation completed in the bottle. No clarification, filtration, correction or disgorgement was carried out during the process. No added sulphites: zero-zero; 12.5% ABVVini Calì is a tiny producer of artisanal, natural wines on Etna. They farm 3ha of vines and 1ha of olive groves, all organically, and call their wines 'Controcorrente' which translates as 'counter current' or against the tide -- essentially wines that don't follow any rules but march to the beat of their own drummers. Family owned + operated, as t