When we set eyes on Sciaranuova our research into white wines was our preeminent thought. Due to this, during our first and following years we planted 4,500 vines of Rhine Riesling. An extraordinary variety which loves lava soils and draws benefit from an altitude over 800 metres above sea level on terraces at the edge of the “sciara” created by the eruption of 1614, with its duration of ten years the longest in recorded history.
The nose is still young with all the typical precursors of the ‘variety of kings’; white apple, plum, lemon, yellow flowers.
On the palate it is perfectly dry, without excessive acidity. The taste is perhaps its strong point in this youthful phase, with that ‘mineral’ taste on which few experts can agree when describing it.
