2020 Biondi Cisterna Fuori Etna Rosso DOC

Ciro Biondi's family has owned vineyards on the southern side of Mt Etna since 1800, and first sold bottled wine under their label a century ago. The modern iteration of the Biondi winery started in 1999. Ciro (an architect by training) and his wife Stef own three
vineyards near the small town of Trecastagni, and have reworked an old palmento in one of their vineyards as a winery.

80% Nerello Mascalese, 20% Nerello Cappuccio from the Cisterna Fuori Vineyard in Contrada Ronzini, Trecastagni on Mt. Etna.

Cistena Fuori’ has been in the Biondi family for many centuries. The name means ‘outside cistern’, a reference to an ancient water cistern in the middle of the vineyard site. The vines grow on the side of a spent crater which dates back to 125 B.C. and is very steep, with supporting dry stone terraced walls. The wine is light bodied, bright and juicy, touch of baking spice, strawberry, fine tannin.