Winemaker Notes

Classification: Etna D.O.C. Bianco Superiore
Grape variety: Carricante
Production area: eastern slope of Mount Etna - Contrada Volpare - Milo
Altitude: 700m a. s. l.
Soil: Sandy volcanic soil with high organic substance and rich in minerals
Treatments: limited to the use of sulphur and copper
Vine density: 6000 vines per hectare
Growing method: bush vine (“albarello etneo”) on small terraces made
of dry lava-stone walls
Harvest: First ten days of October
Vinification and aging: The grapes are harvested by hand then go
direct to press. The direct press undergo a process of cryomaceration for
three hours. The must is cold clarified and fermented, 90% in stainless steel
and 10%in French oak barrels where the wine is aged on the lees for 8
months.
Production: 20000 bottles
Alcohol content: 12,5 % by Vol
Serving temperature: 10° - 12°C

Winery Notes

Eastern Sicily: 83 terraces, stretching between Contrada Praino and Contrada Volpare, through the pathways of the Milo forest, 700 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe.

Maugeri is the wine-growing project of an Etnean family, who have returned to their home district to make wine once more. The unbroken line of more than 2.8 km of lava dry-stone walling borders the 7 hectares of the property, an amphitheatre of fertile volcanic soil, in a close embrace with the Mediterranean landscape.