Pietradolce
A small boutique winery located on the Northern slope of Mount Etna
About the winery
The love for the land, the respect for the ecosystem as well as the deeply respect for the traditions of the Etna area represent the core of the company philosophy. The winery has always employed organic cultivation methods, without the usage of pesticides nor insecticides, and inspired to the environmental suistanability, both in the vineyard and in the cellar. On the Northern slope of Mt Etna, Pietradolce extends across 20 hectares divided into the Contrade Rampante, Zottorinoto and Santo Spirito, located at an altitude between 700 and 950 meters above the sea level. In addition to these ones, on the Eastern slope, the winery owns 2 other hectares, located at 850 meters above the sea level in Contrada Caselle, near the village of Milo.
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Location
Sicily
History & Geography
Pietradolce is located in Solicchiata, a small village a few kilometers from the town of Castiglione di Sicilia, on the Northern slope of Mount Etna. Here it is told a story of passion and attachment to the land, the story of the Faro family who is completely one with its terroir. Among brooms, birch trees and the other indigenous species from Etna, arise the vineyards of the winery. The winery cultivates just indigenous grape varieties, main charachters of its history: Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio e Carricante. The vineyards are mainly pre-phylloxera vines between 90 and 130 years old, all grown through a meticolous handicraft job with the traditional bush vine system, typical of the vine landscape of Etna. The identity of the estate makes it a natural choice to put quality before quantity and to prefer only the native grapes of Mount Etna to produce remarkable wines of their territory.
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