Mandrarossa Sentiero delle Gerle Etna Rosso DOC - Cantine Settesoli

Mandrarossa Sentiero delle Gerle Etna Rosso DOC - Cantine SettesoliThe Mandrarossa Sentiero delle Gerle Etna Rosso is a first-class red wine in a glass. It offers a wonderfully bright, ruby red color. If you hold the glass at a slight angle, you can see a transition in color towards garnet red at the edges of this barrel-aged wine. When swirling the wine glass, you can perceive a perfect balance in this red wine, as it is neither watery nor syrupy or liqueur-like on the glass walls. This single-varietal Italian wine flatters the glass with wonderfully expressive notes of blueberries, blackberries, blackcurrants and mulberries. There are also hints of dark chocolate, cocoa bean and cinnamon. On the palate, the Sentiero delle Gerle Etna Rosso from Mandrarossa opens wonderfully aromatic, fruity and balanced. There is dry and really dry. This red wine belongs to the latter, as it was bottled with just 0.6 g of residual sugar. This dense red wine is balanced and multi-faceted on the palate. On the finish, this storable red wine from the wine-growing region of Sicily impresses with its considerable length. Once again, there are hints of blueberry and mulberry. Mineral notes from the volcanic rock-dominated soil are added in the finish. Vinification of the Mandrarossa Sentiero delle Gerle Etna Rosso The basis for the balanced Sentiero delle Gerle Etna Rosso from Sicily is grapes from the Nerello Mascalese grape variety. In Sicily, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on volcanic rock soils. Sentiero delle Gerle Etna Rosso is an Old World wine through and through, as this Italian wine exudes an extraordinary European charm that clearly underlines the success of wines from the Old World. After being harvested by hand, the grapes are quickly transported to the winery. Here they are selected and carefully crushed. Fermentation then takes place in stainless steel tanks and small wooden barrels at controlled temperatures. The fermentation is followed by maturation on the fine lees for several months before the wine is finally bottled. Recommendation for Mandrarossa Sentiero delle Gerle Etna Rosso This red wine from Italy is best enjoyed at a temperature of 15 - 18°C with braised chicken in red wine, spaghetti with caper and tomato sauce or stuffed peppers.