Benanti 13 Serra Della Contessa Etna Doc Rosso Riserva

Serra della Contessa has been the name of Benati's family estate since 1474. This wine was first produced in 1998 and comes from old vines of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio, trained as bushes on the volcanic soil of Monte Serra, an extinct crater located on the South-Eastern slope of Mount Etna at almost 1,640 feet.

The grapes are hand picked in late September. Fermentation occurs in steel vats with indigenous yeasts selected after a long patient study. The wine is aged for a long time in large oak casks and in steel and possesses remarkable typicity, elegance and longevity.