Etna Rosso Graci 2012

You do not come by chance to Graci wines: what governs each amazing taste of these Etna with an unmistakable territorial imprint is a jump on the northern slopes of the impressive Sicilian volcano in Passopisciaro, where the altitude exceeds 1000 meters over the level sea in some places and the vines planted are often over 100 years old. In this evocative agricultural piec of land dominated by the asperities, where each environmental element however describes the profound balance of the creative energy of the earth, the company Graci has created a veritable poetics of terroir, made of distinctive features: exclusive cultivation of native grapes such as Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio, Catarratto and Carricante, absolute restriction of interventions in the vineyard and in the cellar (with no use of herbicide in the field or barriques for aging), exaltation of the differences among the vineyards and the specific characteristics of each year. Thus, in the productive lands of Arcuria and Barbabecchi everything goes for waiting a proper fulfillment of the grapes, with harvests that sometimes come in November because of the altitude, without any need for action to speed up the process via shortcuts. On this basis Graci underlines the desire to produce wines that point all about truth and authenticity of expression: to complete the task, there’s nothing better than Nerello Mascalese, an excellent interpreter of the variability that characterizes each vintage and each vineyard. From these grapes comes Etna Rosso by Graci, nourished by volcanic in the mineral side, with a sharp freshness and an unparalleled drinkability, carrying geographical highlights that become an essential key to the complex geometry of each tasting.