BENANTI PIETRAMARINA ETNA BIANCO DOC 2020

Style: Rocks & Minerals

An innovative vision with the goal of producing excellent wines: this is the Benanti credo, a long established family with Bolognese origins that boasts a centuries old history. The Sicilian branch of the Benanti family was born in 1734, when a descendant was sent to Sicily by Vittorio Amedeo d¿Aosta. At the end of the nineteenth century Giuseppe Benanti began producing wine from local Etna grapes. Since those first vintages, generations of our family have been in love with making wine on the volcano, and we have transformed a passion into mastery for enhancing the peculiarities of indigenous vines in a territory that is indomitable and diverse. The research and creation of authentic wines, capable of celebrating the Etna terroir in its various expressions, have become a distinctive feature of our production. The Benanti family has been instrumental in Etna¿s viticulture throughout history, contributing first hand to its evolution. Now managed by Giuseppe Benanti¿s two sons, Antonio and Salvino Benanti, the winery has an annual production of about 170,000 bottles that are distributed throughout the most important markets worldwide. BENANTI

The selected grapes are harvested by hand after mid-October, de-stemmed and softly pressed. Fermentation takes place for about 12 days at a controlled temperature in a stainless steel vat, with the aid of Benanti¿s own Carricante-specific indigenous yeast, which was selected from local vineyards through years of research and experimentation in the cellar. The wine matures in a stainless steel vat on the fine lees for about 30 months, with frequent bâtonnages, and then refines in the bottle for 12 months. The color is pale yellow with greenish nuances. The nose is intense, rich, complex, ample and mildly fruity, with notes of orange blossom flowers and ripe apple. The palate is dry and mineral, with a pleasantly high acidity, saline notes, a marked aromatic persistence and an after taste reminiscent of anise and almond. BENANTI

Region : Mt Etna, SICILY

Variety: Carricante

ABV: 12.5%

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