03 — Wine Production

The Wines

Two wines from our vineyards in Trecastagni. The 2026 vintage is our first release, made from the plot acquired in March 2026, on the south-eastern side of Etna.

First release · 2026 vintage

Salto del Corvo Bianco IGP

Our first wine, and the reason the plot interested us. Carricante at this altitude ripens slowly and keeps its acidity late, so the harvest date is the main decision of the year; Catarratto and a little Insolia fill out the middle. Five days on the skins gives the wine texture rather than colour. Made in steel, with nothing added to make it taste of somewhere else.

Vineyard: 1 hectare
Training System: Cordon Spur
Blend: 65% Carricante · 30% Catarratto · 5% Insolia
Skin Maceration: 5 days
Aging: Stainless steel tanks, followed by bottle aging

Salto del Corvo Rosso

From the older, bush-trained part of the vineyard, where the vines are lower, the yields smaller and the picking is done by hand out of necessity. Nerello Mascalese with a share of Nerello Cappuccio, macerated briefly so the wine stays light in the glass and keeps the savoury, ash-like edge these soils give. A first vintage, and we are treating it as one.

Vineyard: 1 hectare (older plot)
Training System: Traditional Alberello
Blend: 80% Nerello Mascalese · 20% Nerello Cappuccio
Skin Maceration: 3 days
Aging: Stainless steel tanks, followed by bottle aging

Grape clusters hanging under the vine canopy in our vineyard