Etna Rosso 'Erse Moscamento 1911' - Tenuta di Fessina

Silvia Maestrelli is the owner and winemaker at Tenuta di Fessina. Her desire was from the beginning, to create “a place of beauty, between earth and spirit”, more than a cellar in the strict sense in which people, skills and energies converged, which in turn merged to enrich the estate’s intangible heritage, made up of relationships, exchanges and both professional and human ideas around the culture of wine and good living. A pioneer and women among the producers who have given new impetus to enology on Etna, she arrived on Etna in 2006 and gave birth to the Tenuta di Fessina. A project in which the sensitivity of a “feminine” oenological vision, combined with the unquestioned technical skills of consultants and collaborators, has resulted in just 10 years to develop one of the most successful and recognizable cellars in the Etna area.

The Etna Rosso 'Erse Moscamento 1911’ is made from Nerello Mascalese grapes from the Moscamento 1911 vineyard with sandy mineral rich lava soil at an altitude of 700 m. The grapes were manually harvested, carefully sorted followed by a soft destemming-crushing. Fermentation and maceration on the skins for 6-9 days at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks followed by ageing for 24 months in tonneaux and large French oak barrels and final ageing in the