2023 Ayunta Nerello Mascalese Rosso, Etna, Italy Robert Ampeau with a complex forest medley

with a complex forest medley of pine needles

This is followed by four months in stainless steel on fine lees

Aged for approximately 18 months in 100% new and used French oak barrels

full skin fermentation and extended maceration for 6+ months Natural primary fermentation

2023 Ayunta Nerello Mascalese Rosso, Etna, Italy Robert Ampeau with a complex forest medley100% Nerello Mascalese. Traditional yet easy going style of red wine, that is once known and called pista emmutta (Meaning: press it and put in the barrel straight away). The grapes are entirely sourced from the northern slope of Etna, between Passopiscoaro and Randazzo. Altitude at 650 700 meters on volcanic soils. All work in the vineyards is done by hand. Gentle pressing with short carbonic maceration followed by fermentation in a cement vat. Aging