Federico Curtaz Kudos Etna Bianco Superiore 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Federico Curtaz
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Subregion	Etna
Varietal	Carricante
Vintage	2020
Sku	14474
Size	750ml

 

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100% Carricante from a 100 years old vineyard in Milo, on the southeastern slopes. Soil of dark ashes and volcanic sands. Fermented and matured for 1 year in 25 hl barrel.

Federico Curtaz was born in Val d’Aosta but has lived most of his life in Piemonte where his mother’s family had a farm with cattle and vineyards. He graduated as an agronomist in Asti where he later taught. In 1983 he met Angelo Gaja with whom he collaborated for 15 years as an agronomist. After various consulting gigs around the world he fell in love with Sicily and its history, culture and wines. He started a joint project with a new winery on the Etna, where a true reinassance was just underway. In 2015 he parted ways from the project in order to start his own namesake winery. He rents and manages 3 separate small vineyards, near Noto for his Nero d’Avola grapes; on the eastern slopes of the Etna, near Milo, for his Carricante grapes and on the southern slopes, near Biancavilla for his Nerello Mascalese.

The 2020 Etna Bianco Superiore lifts from the glass with a rich blend of yellow apples, raw almonds and hints of confectionery spice. This is soft-textured and round with a core of brilliant acidity and sour citrus to balance. Crunchy mineral tones amass toward the close. It tapers off long and potent, leaving tropical inner florals to resonate over a staining of primary fruit concentration. The 2020 is beautiful today and has the balance for medium-term cellaring.