Maugeri Etna Bianco Superiore DOC Contrada Volpare ‘Frontebosco’ 2022 1997 Dry and warm through ripening

Dry and warm through ripening period

which have been ageing in the Barbadillo cellars for circa 50 years

Initially silky then develops on to well balanced tannins

Crafted from 50% Mourvèdre

that would lead us to harvest

Maugeri Etna Bianco Superiore DOC Contrada Volpare ‘Frontebosco’ 2022 1997 Dry and warm through ripening100% Carricante grapes grown in sandy decomposed lava soil near Milo, on the east side of Mount Etna. Frontebosco is a single hectare amphitheater within Contrada Volpare that faces south. The vines were planted in 2014 on dry, lava stone wall terraces surrounded by forest at about 700 metres above sea level. The grapes are harvested by hand in early October then taken to the cellar and left in the press at low temperature for 6 hours. The whole