2016 Murgo Nerello Mascalese ‘Tenuta San Michele’ Etna Rosso

Aromas of red cherries, raspberries, baking spices such as cinnamon and cloves. Medium-bodied tannins; silky. Hand-harvested. Destemmed; cold maceration for one week; fermented on selected yeasts in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks. Aged in tank and French oak barrels for 18 months.   100% Nerello Mascalese.  A single-vineyard selection of fruit from a very high-altitude plot at over 2,000 feet, on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna, near the town of Santa Venerina. Crafted only in the best years.