Contrada Monte Serra, on the flank of Monte Serra, an extinct crater within the territory of Viagrande (CT), on the south-eastern slope of Mount Etna.

Appellation: Etna DOC Rosso Riserva

Climate: High hill climate, mitigated by the proximity to the Ionian Sea, humid and rainy in the cooler season, with constant good ventilation and high luminosity.

Altitude: 500 m a.s.l. / 1,640 ft a.s.l.

Vine Age: Very steep vineyard of co-planted, pre-phylloxera, ungrafted

Training: Head-trained bush vines (“alberello”)

Soil: Sandy, volcanic, rich in minerals, with sub-acid reaction (pH 6.2)

Density: 9,000 – 10,000 vinestocks per hectare (3,644 – 4,049 vines per acre)

Yield: 4,500 kg/ha

Grapes are hand-picked between late September and early October, de-stemmed and softly pressed. Fermentation occurs at a controlled temperature in stainless steel, with a long maceration, with an indigenous yeast selected in the vineyard by Benanti.

Color: Ruby red with light tints of garnet
Scent: Ethereal, intense, with hints of wild berries, spice and noble wood
Taste and Body: Full, harmonic, mineral, considerably persistent and reasonably tannic