Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Prephylloxera La Vigna di Don Peppino 2023 White Blend grapefruit pith

grapefruit pith

and cool-nighted

working entirely by hand and focusing on organic methods and low-input winemaking

where the cooler marine influence defines the Oak Knoll District AVA

Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Prephylloxera La Vigna di Don Peppino 2023 White Blend grapefruit pithThe Land Phylloxera reached Etna in 1881 and took nearly everything. Inside a four hectare block of Calderara Sottana, directly across from the Terre Nere cellar in the commune of Randazzo, two small parcels survived. The vines there are over 140 years old, still on their own roots, and cover 0. 8 hectares in total. This is the north face of the volcano at 600 to 650 meters, the coolest and latest ripening side, where soils are volcanic pumice mixed