Pietro Caciorgna
This Etna project is part of the development of the Azienda Caciorgna Pietro, who's story actually began in the Casole d'Elsa territory of Tuscany.
"I speak of this story in first person as it involved me from the beginning, even if the project is part of the development of the Azienda Caciorgna Pietro. In 2006, a dear friend of mine, Marco de Grazia invited me to his farm on Mount Etna, Tenuta delle Terre Nere, where he already produces an excellent wine from Nerello grapes, on the north side of the volcano. I visited his beautiful vineyards, located in various places between Passopisciaro and Randazzo.
It does not take long to fall in love with the wines and the land. With Marco we visit many vineyards for sale, he encourages me to buy one, until we find a small jewel, half a hectare of Nerello, raised in alberello at the threshold of one hundred years. Prefillossera. It is located in the Contrada Marchesa, in Passo Cannone, near Passopisciaro (Castiglione di Sicilia). I managed to buy it and shortly after, I purchase another vineyard located in the Contrada called "Bocca d'Orzo or Piano d'Aria" (Randazzo), where recently a jewel of a vineyard has been added, more than one hectare, in the Contrada of Santo Spirito (Castiglione di Sicilia).
In addition I rent a small vineyard and buy the grapes from the neighbors, which have characteristics similar to my land. The vinification today is done in the small cellar that I have equipped in Rovittello, on the Via Nazionale, still in Castiglione di Sicilia. The first wine produced was N * Anticchia, which in Sicilian means "a little". A word that intrigued me, for the sound and the habit of using in common speaking, the first time I visited Sicily, with friends, in 1986. The cultivation of the vineyards, which are between 700 and 800 meters is followed by experts in the area. The land in this area is magical! Rich in sand and many mineral salts, it gives the grapes an aromatic finesse, silky and velvety tannins. The result is a wine that, aged in small oak barrels, is expressed with great aromatic finesse, good body, complexity and drinkability."
-Pietro Caciorgna
The label was created by Dante Albieri, with the collaboration of Beatrice and Giorgio Mencattini. In 2009 at the N * anticchia was added a second wine that today is called "Ciaurìa", and then a third born in 2013, the "Guardoilvento".
Philosophy
The quality of our wines starts in the vineyard. This is where we concentrate our greatest efforts through manual work that is often very hard but necessary to cultivate our vines well. We know that in the cellar we must first preserve and then enhance the characteristics of our grapes of Nerello and Sangiovese brought to maturity with lots of attention.
As in the countryside, in the cellar, to guide us is the respect for the raw material, through the knowledge and enological practices, in the most precise and timely way, using the most modern tools that technology and science have available.
A thought of Eduard Hopper sums up our philosophy very well:
The time to take time is in the beginning - at start - to lay out impeccable design so it won't be jostled or skimped later on.
(Edurad Hopper)
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