Archineri Etna Bianco DOC 2021 Pietradolce
Classification: Denominazione di Origine Controllata.
Production zone: Eastern slope of Etna. Altitude: 850 m.s.l.
Grape variety: Carricante.
Soil: sandy loam with abundant presence of skeleton.
Training system: Pre-phylloxera sapling 100 - 120 years old.
Harvest: second ten days of October.
Vinification: manual harvesting of the grapes.
Soft pressing.
Ageing: steel
Alcohol content: 13,5% vol.
TASTING NOTES:
The colour of Pietradolce's Etna Bianco ‘Archineri’ is an intense straw yellow with brilliant reflections. The bouquet of aromas is broad and reminiscent of ripe yellow and white-fleshed fruit such as peach, pineapple and apple in combination with aromatic herbs and toasted hazelnuts, bouquet of yellow peach, persimmon, medlar and flint. In the mouth it is balanced, soft and elegant Soft initial aromatic thrust, fresh texture and long sapidity with a fresh and savoury finish that invites drinking.