2023 | I Custodi delle Vigne dell'Etna Etna Rosso "Pistus" | Sicily | Italy Louis Jadot holding its trove of black

holding its trove of black fruits

black mushrooms and high-grade wood and vanilla

the result of nine months of intermittent bâtonnage

and bacon fat

2023 | I Custodi delle Vigne dell'Etna Etna Rosso "Pistus" | Sicily | Italy Louis Jadot holding its trove of blackA traditional Etna red from the Salvo Foti school old vine Nerello off the volcano's north face, aged in concrete. I Custodi delle Vigne dell'Etna "the guardians of Etna's vines" makes wine on the volcano's north side with the guidance of legendary oenologist Salvo Foti and his Maestranza dei Vigneri, an artisan winemakers' guild dating to 1435. "Pistus" is their Etna Rosso: Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from Contrada Moganazzi at 700