Tornatore Etna Rosso DOC Trimarchisa 2016

Rich and complex. It's a powerful Etna, while still retaining Etna's character

Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio

$91.00

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Red Fruit, Black Fruit, Mineral, and Pepper / Spice, Woody and Smokey

BODY: Medium
DRYNESS: Very Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Light
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: Sicily, Italy

Grape Varietals:
Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio

Winemaking:

Destemmed, Wild yeast, and On Lees Ageing

Maturation: 19-24 Months Oak Barrels and Bottle Ageing

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Pair with mushroom or eggplant starters, hamburgers.

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Spicy stir-fried beef or dumplings, har cheong gai

Cantine Tornatore

The Tornatore family dates back to 1865, when the great grandfather of the current owner began farming and cultivating grapes. Today, Tornatore owns 60 hectares of vineyards in the Etna DOC, and are one of the fastest rising wineries in the region

Description

Tornatore Etna Rosso DOC Trimarchisa 2016

Grape Varietals & Region: Nerello Mascalese and a splash of Nerello Cappuccio from the single vineyard site of Trimarchisa, Sicily, Italy. The Trimarchisa district is located in Verzella (a hamlet of Castiglione di Sicilia). It is a ridge in lava soil, with the presence of calcareous sediments, sloping down towards the Alcantara river.

Taste Profile: Bright ruby in color. Aromas of cherries, raspberries and flowers with hints of vanilla, earth, cedar and liquorice. Medium bodied and dry, with a fresh & soft mouth with good concentration of fruit, accompanied with flavours of tobacco, cedar abd smoke.

Winemaking Process: Destemmed and not completely crushed, they are sent to truncated conical wooden vats, where they macerate for about 10/12 days. Daily, several times a day, to the grapes in maceration are carried out by manual punching down with the help of a pneumatic fuller. After fermentation the grapes remain to macerate for a few more days after which they are drawn off and pressed with a vertical press of the traditional type. The wine thus obtained rests in barrels of 25 hl, 18 months before to be bottled.

Elegant & Structured Reds

From Barolo to Bordeaux, these wines are steeped in tradition. The style covers a broad spectrum of flavor profiles, but tend to be elegant and structured and can be cellared for a long time.

These wines often have savoury tones of earth, bell pepper, tobacco, cassis, and are often medium to full bodied, with long finish & structured palattes