MOFETE ETNA ROSSO

2020 Palmento Costanzo

Grapes Nerello Cappucio, Nerello Mascalese
Colour Red
Origin Italy, Sicily
District Etna
ABV 13%

An engaging bright fruitiness on the nose, definitely red in profile, with a crisp edge, cranberry, damson and sour cherry. A lively acid underpins a nicely sleek red fruit palate, again sour cherry and damson, with ripe and easy going tannins. L&S (Sept 2024)


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Fragrant and refined, the elegant Palmento Costanzo 2020 Mofete is a classic Etna Rosso. It opens with heady aromas of blue flower, Mediterranean herb and forest floor while the linear palate features juicy red cherry, star anise and wild herb before finishing on a hint of peach pit. Lithe tannins and fresh acidity keep it well balanced. Drinking range: - 2030 Rating: 92 Kerin O'Keefe, kerinokeefe.com (Sept 2023)

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Palmento Costanzo

A property of 14 hectares in Contrada Santo Spirito, Passopisciaro, on the northern slopes of Etna. 10 hectares are planted with vines on walled terraces on volcanic rocks between 600-800 metres altitude. The Costanzos came here in 2011 - they are from Catania - and meticulously restored the palmento (the word for the olive millstone which gave the farm its name). The vineyards are planted employing the 鈥榞obelet' method and farmed organically. The 2017鈥檚 are certified organic. This is an amazing new project which has been given all the investment and attention it needed to make great wines from the outset.

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