"Pirrera" Nerello Mascalese 2017 Eduardo Torres Acosta
The "Pirrera" Nerello Mascalese is a natural Sicilian wine, produced by Eduardo Torres Acosta. It comes from a single vineyard called locally "Pirrera", composed of 50 years old saplings and situated at an altitude of 850 m on sandy soil. After manual harvesting and a precise selection of the grapes, they ferment spontaneously in whole bunches with indigenous yeasts in cement vats, with maceration on the skins for 15 days before ageing for 16 months in 25 hectolitre Slavonian oak barrels. Eduardo Torres Acosta's "Pirrera" is a volcanic wine with a deep ruby red colour, a wooden nose, earthy scents and cherries in alcohol, and an earthy, mineral and deep sip.
DENOMINATION: Terre Siciliane IGT
REGION: Sicily (Italy)
GRAPES: 100% Nerello Mascalese
VINIFICATION: Spontaneous fermentation partly in whole bunches with 15 days' maceration on the skins in cement vats without temperature control, 16 months' ageing in Slavonian oak casks.