2021 Vigneti Vecchio Terre Siciliano Rosso 'Donna Bianca'

50% Nerello Mascalese, 20% Nerello Cappuccio, 20% Alicante, 10% indigenous white grapes,  all farmed organically on vines 40-100 years old on volcanic and clay-limestone soils. Contrada Donna Bianca (named for the snowcapped “lady” Etna whose summit towers overhead) is a vineyard situated at 2500’ in the commune of Randazzo.  Destemmed, cofermented with native yeasts and aged for 6-8 months in concrete. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulphur. Carmelo Vecchio and his wife, Rosa La Guzza, did not come from afar to make wine on Etna. Carmelo began working at the nearby Passopisciaro winery at a young age, and they inherited vines up to 140 years old from Rosa’s family.  With a silky texture and intoxicating floral aromatics, this is a truly volcanic wine.  Wild strawberries, raspberries and herbs, with smoking acidity and light but grippy tannins.