2022 I Custodi, Etna Rosso 'Pistus', Sicily, Italy Ilarria This still red wine is

This still red wine is made from 100% Pinot Noir

hand-sorted and whole cluster pressed on the 9th of October

far from either civilization or water

the wine is placed in a combination of German and Austrian oak where it undergoes malolactic fermentation

2022 I Custodi, Etna Rosso 'Pistus', Sicily, Italy Ilarria This still red wine isFrom its beginning in 2007, local owner Mario Paoluzi set the groundwork to make I Custodi an Etna fuoriclasse, as the Italians say, one of the greats. Besides sending us many cell phone pics of when A Muntagna is erupting, he has had unwavering passion to work exclusively with the ancient albarello bush vines, some of which are 150+ years old. I Custodis cellar master is long time Etna guru Salvo Foti, and his touch is one of a bianchista (white wine