Nerello Mascalese / Carricante / Catarratto
Ex Voto 171 2022
Tre.Mi.La.

Grape Variety: 80% Nerello Mascalese, 20% Carricante & Catarratto

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

Region: Milo, Etna, Sicily, Italy

Wild Scale: 3/5

Vegan friendly wine

13% alcohol

Winemaking: Organic grapes were harvested by hand. Fermentation with indigenous yeast. Bottled with no filtration, fining or added sulphur.

This Wine: A natural red wine with the addition of some white juice. Full of Etna character, this is light and delicate but with smokey complexity and fresh minerals. 350 bottles produced and only 36 came to the UK.

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.