PRODUCER
ETNELLA
Mt Etna, SICILY
INFORMATION
DAVIDE BENTIVEGNA EMBARKED ON HIS AGRICULTURAL JOURNEY IN 2008, RETURNING TO HIS ROOTS ON THE HILLS OUTSIDE CATANIA AND STARTING HIS WINEMAKING PROJECT ON MOUNT ETNA. HE EXPANDED OVER THE YEARS BY ACQUIRING MORE VINEYARDS AND LAND, FOLLOWING AN ORGANIC FARMING APPROACH AND NATURAL WINEMAKING PRINCIPLES. THE VINEYARDS ARE LOCATED IN DIFFERENT ‘CONTRADE’ OR SUB-ZONES OF ETNA, EACH EXPRESSING UNIQUE TERROIR CHARACTERISTICS. THE VINES ARE TRAINED IN THE ANCIENT ALBERELLO STYLE AND PLANTED ON TERRACED LAND. DAVIDE AND HIS TEAM WORK WITH MINIMAL INTERVENTION, FERMENTING THE GRAPES WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS AND ADHERING TO LOW SULFITE LEVELS AND MINIMAL FILTRATION. THE RESULT IS A RANGE OF WINES THAT SHOWCASE THE DIVERSE EXPRESSIONS OF ETNA'S VOLCANIC TERROIR.
ARTIGIANO 2023
GRAPES: NERELLO MASCALESE, INZOLIA, CARRICANTE
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: RED AND WHITE GRAPES ARE COFERMENTED, 5 DAYS PARTLY WHOLE CLUSTER MACERATION, ÉLEVAGE IN CONCRETE
KAOS ROSSO 2022
GRAPES: NERELLO MASCALESE
STYLE: ROSSO
SOILS: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: 15 DAYS OF MACERATION, 18 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN OLD OAK
KAOS 5.0 BIANCO 2023
GRAPES: CARRICANTE, GRECANICO, CATARRATTO, MINELLA, INZOLIA, GRECANICO, GRENACHE BLANC, MOSCATELLONE, AND OTHER WHITE GRAPES
STYLE: MACERATO
SOIL: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: A TOTAL OF 11 GRAPES MACERATE FOR 10 DAYS ON THE SKINS, 10 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN OLD OAK
TRACOTANZA 2022
GRAPES: NERELLO MASCALESE, GRENACHE
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: GRAPES FROM THE 1000M ASL CRU BARBABECCHI ARE MACERATED FOR 5 DAYS, 12 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN CONCRETE TANKS
NOTTI STELLATE 2021
GRAPES: NERELLO MASCALESE, NERELLO CAPUCCIO
STYLE: ROSSO
SOILS: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: GRAPES FROM A 1918 VINEYARD MACERATE FOR 15 DAYS BEFORE 18 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN CHESTNUT BARRELS
1 OF 1200 AMUNINNI X ETNELLA PRIVATE LABEL 2023
GRAPES: 95% CATARRATTO, 5% TREBBIANO
STYLE: BIANCO
SOIL: CALCAREOUS-CLAY, LIMESTONE
VINIFICATION: DIRECT PRESS AND BÂTONNAGE ON FINE LEES FOR 12 MONTHS