Eduardo Torres Acosta "VERSANTE NORD" Terre Siciliane IGT Rosso (mt. Etna)
| Vintage: | 2021 |
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| Description: | Practicing Organic Farming. Field Blend: ~90% Nerello Mascalese w/ other traditional varieties. This is a mid-weight Etna red with much of the natural, raw character of the native varieties and volcanic landscape intact (low intervention winemaking). Savory, smoky mineral-tinged red fruits and yellow stone fruits (like apricot or peach), herbs, drying flowers and spices (cinnamon & licorice root) combine with an energetic and elegantly rustic mouthfeel. Sulfites are added only as needed. While the wine can now be called an Etna Rosso, he has chosen to keep its original status as IGT Terre Siciliane. "Eduardo Torres Acosta, a young winemaker from the Canary Islands, first began working with vines in Tenerife where his father (a local postman) had a small plot of land. In 2012 Eduardo moved to Sicily, where he interned at Azienda Arianna Occhipinti (you may have heard of her). Soon thereafter he got a job as the enologist at Passopisciaro, one of the pioneers of Etna's new wave of producers. Eduardo eventually decided to start his own project, and despite his "outsider" status, managed to rent several fine parcels on Etna from locals. Up until the 2017 vintage, the grapes were harvested and then trucked to Arianna Occhipintis estate in Vittoria. Since the winemaking facility was not on Etna, the wines were not allowed DOC status and simply carry the IGT Terre Siciliane designation. In 2018, Eduardo was able to convert a small Etna garage into a winery but has decided to keep the wines Igt. Today Eduardo works eight small parcels totaling 4.5 hectares. The main production is a wine called "Versante Nord", produced in both white and red. Both wines are sources from six parcels totalling less than two hectares on the cooler, north-facing side of Mt. Etna (hence the name) at elevations ranging from 750 to 950 meters. In traditional style, he vineyards are mixed plantings of various local varieties. The red grapes include a majority of Nerello Mascalese with Nerello Cappuccio, Alicante, Garnacha and others; the whites include Minella, Catarratto, Grecanico, Carricante and Inzolia." - Louis/dressner & David Bowler |
| Price: | $ 34.95 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Hi-Time Wine Cellars
| Address: |
250 Ogle Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-331-3005 |
| Telephone (regular): | 949-650-8463 |
| Fax: | 949-631-6863 |
First added to 1000 Corks on June 6, 2024.
