2020 I Custodi Pistus Etna Rosso DOC

Owned and operated by Mario Paoluzi in collaboration with Salvo Foti and I Vigneri, I Custodi has been making wine since 2007. I Custodi means the custodians, as Paoluzi views his operation as a preserving, managing, and seeing to of the Etna's precious vineyards.

In practice, I Custodi follows all principles of I Vigneri: organic in the vineyard, excellent pruning skills, albarello trained vines, spontaneous fermentation, and no additives save for small amounts of sulfur. The human aspect to this way of wine making involves an expert team of vine workers, who come in and maintain the vineyards according to principle, as well as the aim to preserve Sicily and Etna's ancient wine making traditions.

Pistus comes from younger vines in Contrada Moganazzi 650m asl. 80% Nerello Mascalese and 20% Nerello Cappuccio, spontaneously fermented in stainless steel, 12mo in stainless steel before bottling. under 60mg sulfur/Liter