Description
Pie franco grenache from an abandoned plot surrounded by forest at 1200m altitude – one of the highest vineyards on Mount Etna.
“With Miriam we wanted to scrupulously respect the ancient way of making wine on the Etna – this is a tribute to our ancestors. The whole bunches were foot trodden in our traditional palmento, and the wine fermented and aged in chestnut barrels we made from old trees on our farm.”
Rosso Miriam is a one-off bottling that won’t be reproduced, an ethereal copper-coloured pale red that should not be missed.
Federica and Cesare left their life in Catania in 2005 (where she worked as an archery teacher and he as an airline pilot) in search of a simple, peaceful, hard-working lifestyle and purchased this tiny, unique 1.7ha clos planted with 120-140yo vines in the Contrada del Pino.
Located on the slopes of Mount Etna at 800m, uphill from Randazzo, this is the highest altitude at which nerello mascalese and cappucio can reliably and consistently ripen. They also have 400 ancient olive trees (from which they produce three exceptional olive oils from the san benedetto, coratina and brandofino cultivars), chestnut and oak trees, a vegetable garden, sheep, dogs, chicken… Among the vines you also find many fruit trees – cherry, pear, plum, fig, peach, apple. This is Etna in all its pastoral serenity with the sight, scents and sounds of the volcano to stimulate the senses.
No added sulphur.
Organic & Biodynamic farming
14% / 750ml
