Serafica launches the new South Etna White Side

The flagship line of Serafica, Nicolosi’s business, is improved with a brand-new label in the Versante Sud collection. From relic and carricante ranges, just 1,483 bottles from a vineyard grown at 900 meters above water level.

From the vineyards nestled in between the high slopes of the southern slope of Etna, Serafica Terra di Olio e Vini exposes the brand-new Etna Bianco 2021, which improves Versante Sud, the flagship line of the Nicolosi business, the outcome of a choice of grapes which stem from the sapling vineyard planted at 900 meters above water level on Monte Arso, an extinct volcano at the foot of the terrific mountain.

This is where whatever stemmed when the creator of the business, Andrea Serafica, returning from America in 1950, committed himself to the growing of vineyards and olive groves and which today the business wishes to inform through the prominent Versante Sud line, which in its name includes the magnificent panorama neglected by the vineyards, on one side the peak of Etna, on the other Catania and the Ionian Sea.

the vineyards on Etna of Serafica

BRAVE VITICULTURE AND ANTIQUE range The brand-new Etna Bianco 2021 red wine, produced in simply 1483 bottles, contributes to the Macerato 2021 provided at the last Vinitaly and originating from the exact same vineyard which is identified by the variety of the white grapes and the slope of over 30 %, carricante for the a lot of part and after that relic ranges such as minnella, insolia, catarratto, Greek corinth, foxtail and Bianchetta.

Versante Sud Etna Bianco 2021 wishes to be a homage to the custom of these lands and to the brave viticulture of the household: vinified and bottled completely in the business, it informs of vineyards and olive groves coming from the Sicilian agro-biodiversity where the red wine is experienced as a hymn to charm of Etna landscapes.

” This red wine represents our whole essence. Our company believe a lot in this area and our red wines and oils are the outcome of a constant and enthusiastic look for the very best of the Southern Side of Etna”, highlights Giuseppe Borzì, who with Nino Serafica and Maria Ausilia Borzì represents the brand-new generation at the helm of the business.

the household now at the helm of Serafica

However Etna is likewise extremely abundant in volcanic caverns, filled with gorges, tunnels and covert gems. And it is the caverns that provide the name to the line of Serafica red wines of the exact same name, Etna Doc items that communicate the significance of a distinct area.

Amongst these red wines we highlight Grotta dei Lamponi, an Etna Rosato Doc acquired from Nerello Mascalese grapes vinified with the cryomaceration strategy, to boost the minerality that identifies the Etna terroir and Serafica red wines in basic.

TASTING NOTES Versante Sud 2021, Etna Bianco Doc Range: native white grapes, particularly Carricante and after that Minnella, Insolia, Catarratto, Corinto Greco, Bianchetta

Nose of ripe white peach, tropical flowers, damp stone, medical herbs. Tasty sip, however with an included level of acidity, it reveals a fluid structure that does not provide the stress anticipated from a vineyard situated at 900 meters, however the improvement most likely soothes the red wine. Then it extends on the surface with tones of broom and sweet subtleties.

Grotta dei Lamponi 2022, Etna rosé Doc Grapes: 100% mescalese nerello

On the nose, rosehip berry, match and the air of the sun-burned salt pans. Great level of acidity and taste emerge in the mouth, with a bitter undertone that contrasts with the typical rosy sweet taste. To consume and consume once again.