Palmento Costanzo "Mofete" Etna DOC Rosso 2021

A mineral-driven style and a low-key nose, showing raspberries, strawberries and cinnamon, with gentle spicy aromas and volcanic ash hints. Velvety on the palate, medium-bodied, refreshing acidity and a silky finish. Lightly framed and polished with a lifted aftertaste.

Palmento Costanzo's Etna Rosso — a 80/20 blend of organically farmed Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio — is fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts, then aged for one year in 50% steel and 50% oak barrel, followed by a year of bottle conditioning.

Palmento Costanzo was established in 2011 by Sicilian couple Mimmo Costanzo and Valeria Agosta. A palmento is a traditional Sicilian winemaking structure, though most have been converted into storage facilities or restaurants. However, Palmento Costanzo is located on the north side of Mount Etna in the Mount Etna National Park and had remained untouched as a protected historical structure. After acquiring the palmento in 2010, Mimmo and Valeria set to renovating the building and the surrounding vineyards. The estate's vineyards are planted to Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio for the reds and Caricante and Catarratto for the whites, all in the mineral-rich, blackish brown soils of volcanic sands and rock. Some of the property's vines are pre-phylloxera with upwards of 120 years of age.

Palmento Costanzo is committed to producing wines that reflect the richness and variety of the Etna terroir, using sustainable agricultural practices and a respectful approach towards nature and the landscape. The vines are grown organically on a series of centuries-old terraces made of dry lava stones in the village of Passopisciaro and the municipality of Castiglione di Sicilia. "Mofete" derives its name from the geothermal phenomena associated with the volcanic activity of Etna, a reference to the strength and energy that characterize this territory.