Description
Benanti Pietramarina Etna Bianco is a pale yellowish color with bright greenish tints. The aromas are intense, rich, delicate and fruity (think ripe apple). The taste is dry with a pleasant acidity and nice aromatic persistence.
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Wine & Spirits
From 80-year-old bush vines, this carricante grows in the sandy, volcanic soils of Milo, on the eastern side of Etna at 3,100 feet. The wine is so obsessively mineral that it’s a little stinky when first poured, though it immediately shows textural refinement and silken layers of flavor. Scents of honey laced with fresh cream and pear gain depth as the wine develops with air, building toward spiced quince and kumquat while it retains mouthwatering freshness. An elegant white with dimension and energy in the glass, this will benefit as much from further bottle age as it will reward decanting. Serve with a whole roasted sea bass stuffed with rosemary.
At the end of the 1800’s, Giuseppe Benanti, grandfather of Dr. Giuseppe Benanti, began the production of wines on one of his father’s old farms on the slopes of Mount Etna, at Viagrande (Catania). In 1988, Giuseppe Benanti revived the family’s old passion, with an extensive and selective study of the Etnean soils highly devoted to viticulture. He also investigated particular clones of indigenous vines and new oenological techniques to reproduce ancient fragrances using the most modern practices of vinification, in a perfect union of history and reality. From this five year study, wines of unique taste were produced recreating old flavors and keeping them intact over time.
Our wines have a strong personality and carry the culture and passion for wine of the Benanti family, always driven by respect for the places, terroir and old 'palmenti'. This passion, after revealing the marvels of the Etnean territory, has guided them to Pantelleria and then Pachino. Today the company, also run by Giuseppe Benanti’s sons, Antonio and Salvino, is placed in a market range of high quality level products and the request for its wines is strongly increasing. This is mainly due to the quality of its wines, known throughout Italy and abroad, and attested by many awards given annually by the most important national and international competitions.