Cantine Palmento Costanzo Mofete Etna Bianco 2024

Palmento Costanzo was established in 2011 by Sicilian couple Mimmo Costanzo and Valeria Agosta. A palmento is a traditional Sicilian winemaking structure, though most have been converted into storage facilities or restaurants. However, Palmento Costanzo is located on the north side of Mount Etna in the Mount Etna National Park and had remained untouched as a protected historical structure. After acquiring the palmento in 2010, Mimmo and Valeria set to renovating the building and the surrounding vineyards with their first harvest coming in 2011. Today, the couple cultivates 18 hectares of vines, assisted by their daughter, Serena, who is completing her viticultural and oenological studies. The estate's vineyards are planted to Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio for the reds and Caricante and Catarratto for the whites, all in the mineral-rich, blackish brown soils of volcanic sands and rock. Some of the property's vines are pre-phylloxera with upwards of 120 years of age.