Giardini ColeRinger, Cendre 2022

Grape: Grecanico Dorato

Region: Contrada Nave, Etna, Sicily, Italy 

Ginger, Romain and their family are active participants in the community of Randazzo, they’ve befriended a few elder farmers who happily sell them grapes grown following the local type of permaculture – an ancient savoir-faire that Giardini ColeRinger has proudly embraced. Here, the grapes were sourced from a plot at 1070m altitude. Following a slow direct press, the wine fermented and aged in chestnut demi-muids for one year.

The name Cendre (ash in French) comes from a deposit of volcanic ashes that appears at the bottom of some bottles. The wine is generous on the palate with tropical fruits and spicy aromas, it is perfectly balanced thanks to savoury bitters and lip-smacking acidity.