I Vigneri di Salvo Foti - Vignadimilo Etna Bianco Superiore, 2016
Vignadimilo is made entirely of Carricante. It’s the result of a special selection of grapes from the name-sake vineyard “Vigna di Milo”. The vines are ungrafted, every process is by hand and no chemical is added. This wine is fermented and aged (for 12 months) in big wooden casks. Usually, bottling takes place two years after the harvest.
In the glass, Vignadimilo has a lemon tint with moderate intensity of colour. On the nose, it seems like nothing else you have ever inhaled. Its flavours are intensely pronounced. The aromatic profile is complex, yet everything about this wine is natural and harmonious. Baked pears, yellow peach, apricot and mango skin notes chase each other in the attack. Earthy suggestions then emerge – green musk, pungent wild herbs and something grapey. Hints of almond, lime blossoms and mimosa flowers as well.
The palate is just as beautiful as the nose as it confirms all the fruity and earthy nuances perceived there. A graceful and pure minerality traverses all the multi-layered aromas of this wine. Both concentrated and precise in flavours, Vignadimilo seems like an expression of the most beautiful grapes you could ever imagine. The purity and balance here are otherworldly. A really complete wine, elegant, complex, utterly satisfying sip after sip. You can never get tired of it. Long finish, combining peachy and musky undertones.