Vino di Anna Sicilia Qvevri "R" Rosso 2022 750ml

Organic. 90% Nerello Mascalese; 10% Nerello Cappuccio. In 2015, vignerons Anna Martens and Eric Narioo purchased a 1.5ha plot in one of Etna’s special contrade called Rampante, above the village of Passopisciaro on the north face of Mt Etna. Half the property was 80-100 year old bush vines of Nerello Mascalese, with a sprinkling of Nerello Cappuccio. The rest of the terraces were planted to century old olive trees, fruit trees (apple, pear, apricot) or covered in broom and blackberries. Anna & Eric farmed the vineyard biodynamically for eight years to bring it back to full health. For the ’22 vintage, the grapes were hand harvested on Oct 5th. They were hand-destemmed into a 1200 hl Georgian qvevri buried in the Vino di Anna cellar in Solicchiata. Spontaneous ferment, no temperature control; when fermentation finished, the qvevri was sealed with grapes and new wine left to macerate for four weeks, during which time malolactic fermentation completed. After pressing, the wine spent two winters in a chestnut barrel on fine lees, prior to being bottled in Feb ’24 unfined and unfiltered.