PRODUCER
RACINA REPUBLIC
Mt. Etna, SICILY
INFORMATION
THE SECOND PROJECT FROM SALVATORE GIARDINA OF MASSERIA CASE ROSSE, RACINA REPUBLIC SEES SALVATORE UTILIZING SMALL ABANDONED PLOTS SCATTERED AROUND THE NORTH AND NORTHWESTERN SLOPES OF MOUNT ETNA. THIS PROJECT COINCIDED WITH THE TRANSITION TO SALVATORE’S NEW CANTINA AND ALLOWS HIM ROOM TO EXPERIMENT WHILE CONTINUING THE RICH TRADITION OF WINEMAKING ON THE VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN.
BLOB
GRAPES: NERELLO MASCALESE, NERELLO CAPPUCCIO
STYLE: ROSATO
SOIL: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: NERELLO CAPUCCIO MACERATES FOR A FEW HOURS, SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION, 8-10 MONTHS AGING IN STAINLESS STEEL, NERELLO MASCALESE MACERATES FOR 60HOURS PRIOR TO PRESSING, SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION, 8-10 MONTHS AGING IN FIBERGLASS, THE TWO MASSES ARE THEN BLENDED AND RESTED FOR A FEW MONTHS IN STAINLESS STEEL, NOT CLARIFIED, NOT FILTERED, NO ADDED SULPHUR
QUI PRO QUO
GRAPES: GRILLO, CATARRATTO,, INZOLIA
STYLE: MACERATO
SOIL: CLAY, LIMESTONE
VINIFICATION: MACERATION FOR UP TO 12 HOURS PRIOR TO PRESSING, SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION, 9 MONTHS AGING IN STAINLESS STEEL. AND 2 MONTHS IN FIBERGLASS, NOT CLARIFIED, NOT FILTERED, NO ADDED SULPHUR
REPUBLICHINO
GRAPES: NERELLO MASCALESE, CARRICANTE, NERELLO CAPPUCCIO, GRECANICO
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: DIFFERENT GRAPES MACERATE VARIOUSLY FROM A FEW HOURS UP TO 12 DAYS, THEN BLENDED AND CO-FERMENTED, 9 MONTHS AGING IN FIBERGLASS, NOT CLARIFIED, NOT FILTERED, NO ADDED SULPHUR