Product description

At 1100 meters above sea level, in the heart of hundreds of years old lava flows and pristine areas in an untamed landscape, from wonderful vines of Grecanico Dorato, in our Casa Decima vineyard, it’s here that our Millesulmare is born, a wine with extraordinary mineral content and a refined scent of mountain and sea. On the impervious North-western slope of Mount Etna, in one of the vineyards at the highest altitude in Europe, the passing of centuries has created the perfect context where this charming local vine variety can be grown, as the ancient winemakers did for entire generations, with passion and true efforts. Even if a huge lava structure characterizes it, this heroic place is rich in small orchards and verdant woods. This is the landscape surrounding our vineyard, Casa Decima at Contrada Nave, which never ceases to let us perceive its timeless beauty and where a man keeps coming to terms with nature in a mutual exchange of love and trust.The result of a mass selection that has taken more than fifteen years, Millesulmare is a genuine and volcanic wine, the true symbol of an ancient and mystic terroir, the expression of its wonderful mineral and savory nuances. A wine with a deeply-rooted identity, produced according to the Etnean winemaking tradition and showing deep attention to the grapes, whose scents and taste are the symbol of an entire area and leave speechless those who drink it, thanks to the important thermic fluctuations that only heroic vineyards at extreme altitudes can endure. We have been working on a project since 2004, inspired by our love and our deep desire to preserve and enhance these ancient vine varieties and territory of such extraordinary beauty.

Blend Details

Color

Bright straw yellow color, with strong golden reflections

Nose

Its scent is an explosion of aroma: the Etnean apple fragrance makes way for delicate accents of white peaches, pineapple and citrus, while intense nuances of broom, vanilla and white pepper elegantly blend with its pronounced mineral note, almost sulphurous

Palate

The taste is dry and fresh, balanced by savoury traces which lend to this wine a harmonious and persistent finale note.

Pairings

Very elegant when paired with fish dishes, white meat and vegetables. Perfect alongside shellfish, shrimp tempura, pasta with sardines and wild fennel, arancini. Sublime when paired with sushi and sashimi. The ideal serving temperature is 45-46° F. Some sommeliers prefer a higher serving temperatures, 50° F, in order to better appreciate its olfactory complex and it mineral composition.