Carricante
Generazioni 2023
Tre.Mi.La.

Grape Variety: Carricante

Producer: Tre.Mi.La. (Gloria di Paola)

Region: Milo, Etna, Sicily, Italy

Wild Scale: 3/5

Vegan friendly wine

12% alcohol

Winemaking: Organic Carricante grapes were harvested by hand. 36 hours skin contact before fermentation with indigenous yeast. Aged in stainless steel tanks. Bottled with no filtration, fining or added sulphur.

This Wine: Made from a few plots around Gloria's house, this is a natural white wine that is a golden colour in the glass with a chalky-like texture. Elegant and pure with concentrated citrus fruit, herbs, delicate spice and beautiful minerality. Slightly leaner and fresher compared to the 2023 vintage which was aged in acacia barrels. Only 500 bottles produced

Notes on the Winemaker: On the eastern side of Mount Etna, 800m above sea level, Gloria di Paola farms 3 hectares of vines. This is one of the most beautiful vineyard locations I have ever visited, with the snowy peak of Etna visible above us and the gleaming Mediterranean sea below. The vines were planted in 1992, two years before Gloria was born and the grapes were previously sold to the co-op until she decided to make her own wine in 2019. These are unique and authentic expressions of this special part of the world and are made in tiny quantities.