2021 Ayunta Piante / Sparse Etna Bianco, Sicily, Italy La Staffa green apple and smoky peat

green apple and smoky peat

only 20% of which are new

AGING: All three vintages 2018

and gentle spice—macerated in neutral spirit for a silky

Maturation: 18 months (20-25% new oak)

2021 Ayunta Piante / Sparse Etna Bianco, Sicily, Italy La Staffa green apple and smoky peatOrganically Farmed Organic. 90 % Carricante, 10% Catarratto and other indigenous varieties. Soil volcanic. Altitude 650 m average. Sourced from vineyards on the north slopes of Etna in and around Randazzo. . In Italian PIANTE SPARSE literally means stray vines . Ayunta doesnt own a whole vineyards of white grapes, but in their old vineyards of red grapes there were traditionally planted some vines of white grapes. Over the years Ayunta has mapped