DUE TO HEAVY VOLUME, LOCAL DELIVERY ORDERS ARE EXPERIENCING DELAYS
| Producer | I Vigneri Salvo Foti |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Varietal | Grenache |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 1155368 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Tasting Notes: The I Vigneri Salvo Foti Rosso Radica is a new wine to the lineup. This refined red from old vines of Grenache is extremely refined with notes of ripe strawberry, black cherry and thyme and anise on the nose. The palate is super elegant, with a long finish that showcases the unique ashy vibrancy only found on Mt. Etna.
Estate History: The connection between the rise of the wines of Sicily and Mt. Etna in the last 15 years and the name Salvo Foti is impossible to ignore. A native of the city of Catania, Salvo studied enology and began his career in 1981 as an advisor to some of the most noted estates in eastern Sicily. Working with Gulfi, Benanti and ViniBiondi, Salvo helped elevate those wineries to be recognized as among the best in Sicily. Eventually Salvo wanted to make wine himself and established I Vigneri with his sons Simone and Andrea and local grape growers.
Working with his long-established web of farmers has given Salvo unprecedented access to some of the oldest vines on Etna, with some being over a century old! Because these vines are so old, there is great diversity within the vineyard and different strains of each of the varieties appear. The grapes are the autochthonous Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio with Alicante (Grenache) and a smattering of vines referred to as Francisi, because their variety and provenance are unknown.
There is a system of replanting using only massale selection with cuttings from the older vines while maintaining the diversity of plants. Replanting is done in the older vineyards because some of the old vines die, but there are also new, adjacent parcels being planted.
I Vigneri produces an outstanding array of unique and inimitable wines. The grapes are harvested by hand at the end of September until mid-October. Fermentations are done in open oak vats, without enzymes or thermal control (the nights by this time of year are quite cold). Wines are made naturally, without the aid of fertilizers, herbicides and only scant amounts of sulfur added at bottling. Exactly as the wines of Mt. Etna were made in the past!
