2022 Vino di Anna ‘Palmento’ Rosso, Sicily, Italy

Organic. 90% Nerello Mascalese, 5% Carricante, 5% mix of Nerello Cappuccio, Grecanico, Minnella Bianca. This is the tenth iteration of Palmento Rosso released from Vino di Anna, always fermented in their 300 year-old traditional Etnean wine building, called apalmento. It is made from organically grown grapes sourced from vineyards situated at high altitude on the north face of Mt. Etna. In 2022, a slightly higher portion of Carricante was used in the blend than in previously years, to balance out the ripe tannins and richer fruit flavours present due to the hot climatic conditions of the year. This Carricante fromcontradaCrasa was added to the final blend bring freshness to the wine. All the grapes were hand-harvested as field blends in September. 60% of the grapes were de-stemmed by hand, the rest remained as whole bunches. The grapes were macerated for four to five days, being foot-trodden or gently hand punched-down several times. The fermenting must was then pressed and continued fermenting in stainless steel and several large old oak casks. The wine underwent malolactic fermentation spontaneously, then was blended, left on fine lees until bottling unfined and unfiltered.