{"product_id":"palmento-costanzo-mofete-etna-rosso-2023","title":"Palmento Costanzo \"Mofete\" Etna Rosso 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePress 4 Red • October\/November 2026 Direct Press Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWith the establishment of the Etna DOC in the 1960's came an end to the historic practice of making wines in Palmento - a stone structure carved out of the mountain itself, where winemakers of yesteryear pressed their grapes into volcanic stone vats. Italian wine bureaucrats forbid this practice due to hygienic concerns - making wine in the Mountain itself was too hard to keep clean. Recently, under the guidance of Etna's most renowned viticulturist and enologist, founder of I Vigneri, Salvo Foti,  some estates have fought to reestablish these ancient structures and preserve this piece of Sicilian history. Palmento Costanzo has done just this.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLocated in the Cru of Contrada Santo Spirito, Palmento Costanzo has been creating wine in their reclaimed winery since 2012. They tend to their bush-trained vines, some of which are over 120 years old, farming organically with focus on preserving biodiversity in their vineyards. Mofete Rosso is 80% Nerello Mascalese and 20% Nerello Cappuccio, from younger vines (30 years on average), fermented in stainless steel and aged in a combination of tank and old barrels. The wine is wonderfully red-fruited, savory and volcanic mineral laden. Undeniably Mediterranean, with peppery, spicy earth, hints of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eeucalyptus and menthol,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e black currant and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emacerated\/stewed cherry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e fruit backed by fine-grained tannin and a lengthy, saline packed finish, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eeucalyptus, menthol, dried rose, hints of pumice and black pepper give structure and keeps me reaching for my glass. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eJeremy Hernandez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARTISANAL $400 2:45PM","offers":[{"title":"Red","offer_id":67567663677675,"sku":null,"price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1270\/3173\/files\/7CF8EB9E-406B-4969-B379-44ED8C15CB15.jpg?v=1709494114","url":"https:\/\/vwm.wine\/products\/palmento-costanzo-mofete-etna-rosso-2023","provider":"Vanderbilt Ave Wine Merchants | 573 Vanderbilt Ave | Brooklyn NY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}