Federico Graziani - 2022 Profumo di Vulcano, Rosso
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GROWER OVERVIEW
Voted Italy’s “Best Sommelier” in 1998 at age 23, author of numerous Italian wine books, and protege of Etna’s oracle and renaissance man, Salvo Foti, Federico Graziani’s wines hit the same high marks of the world’s greats. Located on the north face of Etna, Fede’s Nerello Mascalese-dominant Etna Rossos are harvested from a mix of new and ancient plantations (with some pre-phylloxera, own-rooted plants) in Passopisciaro and Montelaguardia. His field blend white, Mareneve, is grown at a frosty 1200m altitude and stands alone as a singular expression on Etna.
VINEYARD DETAILS
Profumo di Vulcano is harvested from 70-130-year-old (average of 100 years) Nerello Mascalese (75%), Nerello Cappuccio (15%), and 10% of Alicante, Francisi, Carricante, Grecanico, Minnella, on a north-facing gentle slope at 600-650m on volcanic bedrock with shallow sandy and rocky topsoil.
CELLAR NOTES
100% destemmed and naturally fermented without temperature control for 14 days with no extractions and aged 20 months in old 500L French oak. No fining or filtration.