Pietro Caciorgna – Guardoilvento Etna Rosso

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Italy

Sicily

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Red

The Facts

UPCs 2019 (750ml) - N oUPCas signed

Origins Italy > Sicily > Etna

Appellation Etna

Varietal Red - Other

Winemaking The alcoholic and malolactic fermentation were both carried out in stainless steel tanks, then 8 months in French oak

Aging 8 months in French barrique, 3 months in btl

Markets Texas

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The Character

Aromas Intense & delicate aromas, with fresh fruit and spices, a strong body with soft tannins

Tasting Notes From 90 year vines, the nose here is quite unlike anything else! Exuberant dried-cherry kernels, ash and sweet tobacco lead, before Christmas pudding and leather take center stage. The full-bodied palate has Barolo-like richness with structured tannins and a colorful spectrum of dried fruit.

Pairings Meat, pork, veal, poultry, pasta w mushrooms, carpaccio

The Story

Guardoilvento is the wine dedicated to Dante Albieri (Graphic), Maria de Ferraris (Artist), Francesco Antonelli (Navigator and Writer). The name of the wine, which is also the name of the first novel by Francesco Antonelli, represents the image of the vine cultivated in Alberello that is crossed in all directions by the wind, sometimes gently caressed to give relief, sometimes lashed by a violent force. But she, the vine, with its roots well anchored to the land that feeds it, and close to the pole to which the man has entrusted it, remains there to watch and listen to that wind, which is also salubrity, is quality. Guardoilvento expresses the character of the altitude and of the black and stony earth where it was born. Perfumed with intense and delicate aromas, with notes of fresh fruit and spices, with a strong body but with gentle, soft and delicate tannins. Easy to drink at the moment, but even more generous if you know how to wait. First year produced 2013.

About Pietro Caciorgna

Brand Story

Pietro Caciorgna first moved from Marche to Tuscany in the 1950's. Started with a farm, and making wine just for family and friends, the sangiovese vineyards of the Azienda Caciorgna Pietro of today were planted in the early 2000's.

In 2006, Pietro's dear friend Marco de Grazia invited him to his farm on Mount Etna. Quickly falling in love with the wines of this land, Marco encouraged him to buy a small half hectare jewel of a vineyard.

The cultivation of the vineyards, which are between 700 and 800 meters is followed by experts in the area. The land in this area is magical! Rich in sand and many mineral salts, it gives the grapes an aromatic finesse, silky and velvety tannins. The result is a wine that is expressed with great aromatic finesse, good body, and complexity.

Brand Story

Pietro Caciorgna first moved from Marche to Tuscany in the 1950's. Started with a farm, and making wine just for family and friends, the sangiovese vineyards of the Azienda Caciorgna Pietro of today were planted in the early 2000's.

In 2006, Pietro's dear friend Marco de Grazia invited him to his farm on Mount Etna. Quickly falling in love with the wines of this land, Marco encouraged him to buy a small half hectare jewel of a vineyard.

The cultivation of the vineyards, which are between 700 and 800 meters is followed by experts in the area. The land in this area is magical! Rich in sand and many mineral salts, it gives the grapes an aromatic finesse, silky and velvety tannins. The result is a wine that is expressed with great aromatic finesse, good body, and complexity.