Tenuta della Dainara

Etna Rosso DOC

Cantoneri’s red wine

Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio

Tenuta della Dainara Etna Rosso is born where northern Etna shows its deepest character.

Here most of the plantings for our Etna Rosso are Nerello Mascalese, the grape variety that best tells the tension of Etna Rosso DOC. The soils have a strong presence of skeleton and closely recall the sciare lava flows.
In the early years it may show a firm, almost angular tannin. Then it relaxes. The fruit of this Etna Rosso becomes finer, drinkability grows, minerality remains. Nerello Cappuccio steps in with a softer and more enveloping side, giving balance and fullness to the sip.

In the glass it moves between red fruit, light spices, ash, undergrowth and floral hints. It is an Etna Rosso DOC designed for those looking for a wine of place, able to evolve and leave a memory. Not an immediate caress, but a sincere handshake.

Tenuta della Dainara Etna Rosso is born where northern Etna shows its deepest character.

Here most of the plantings for our Etna Rosso are Nerello Mascalese, the grape variety that best tells the tension of Etna Rosso DOC. The soils have a strong presence of skeleton and closely recall the sciare lava flows.
In the early years it may show a firm, almost angular tannin. Then it relaxes. The fruit of this Etna Rosso becomes finer, drinkability grows, minerality remains. Nerello Cappuccio steps in with a softer and more enveloping side, giving balance and fullness to the sip.

In the glass it moves between red fruit, light spices, ash, undergrowth and floral hints. It is an Etna Rosso DOC designed for those looking for a wine of place, able to evolve and leave a memory. Not an immediate caress, but a sincere handshake.

Etna Rosso DOC

Colour: ruby red

Production area: Contrada Pontale Palino, Solicchiata, Castiglione di Sicilia, northern slope of Mount Etna

Grape varieties: Nerello Mascalese 95%, Nerello Cappuccio 5%

Altitude: 650/700 m a.s.l.

Soil composition: sandy soil, with abundant presence of lava stones

Training system: Alberello Etneo and spurred cordon

Harvest: hand-picking of the grapes in mid-October

In the cellar: after fermentation and maceration, part of the wine ages for at least 12 months in French oak tonneaux, while the remaining part rests in stainless steel tanks. This is followed by a period of bottle ageing of 6 to 12 months.

On the nose: it expresses notes of ripe red fruits, such as cherry, morello cherry and plum, together with hints of blue raspberry and light shades of cocoa.

On the palate: mineral hints emerge, supported by enveloping and well-integrated tannins.

Nerello Mascalese

Nerello Cappuccio

13.5 VOL ALC

Etna, Sicily

650/700 m a.s.l.