Spumante

The spumante has a golden straw yellow color emphasized by a perlage that is fine and persistent. The primary sensorial attributes include quince, broom, jasmine, and aromatic herbs, with notes of coconut, hay, and hazelnut. The palate is fresh and delicately salty, with a pleasant and long finish.

48 Months in bottle sur lies and 12 months after disgorgement

Best served between 39F-43F

GRAPE VARIETY: Nerello Mascalese

STRUCTURE DENSITY: 5700 plants per hectare

TYPE OF SOIL: Volcanic

YIELD GRAPE/HA: 6000 - 75000 per hectare

CULTIVATION SYSTEM: 220 x 80 cm esaplier

AGING: 48 Months in bottle sur lies and 12 months after disgorgement

Spumante - Spumante Wine in Metodo Classico Produced and processed by the Gambino family winery by siblings Filadelfo, Francesco Antonio, and Maria Grazia in Linguaglossa, Italy. This product is obtained from a careful selection of Nerello Mascalese grapes planted on Etna at 800 meters above sea level, with a gentle pressing. After an initial fermentation, the wine is bottled for a second fermentation. It then matures in the dark at a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius for over 48 months “sur lies” (on yeast remains). The “remuages sur les pupitres” accompanies aging until the bottle is placed upside down for disgorgement of the sediment, and 6 - 9 months after disgorgement, a fine perlage (stream of bubbles) frees itself in the wine glass.

Made from 100% Nerello Mascalese grapes! Named after the Mascali area in Carania where the grape is thought to have originated, the Nerello Mascalese grape grows in the cool, high altitudes of the active volcano Mt. Etna. Grown primarily on the northeastern side of Sicily, this red grape contains a rustic black volcanic earthy note, and medium weight fine-grained tannins.