2022 I Custodi, Etna Rosso 'Pistus', Sicily, Italy Ilarria blood-red slate and clay)

blood-red slate and clay)

NV Champagne Lelarge-Pugeot

X Omni was picked 10/7 and 10/15

hand-sorted and whole cluster pressed on the 9th of October

far from either civilization or water

2022 I Custodi, Etna Rosso 'Pistus', Sicily, Italy Ilarria blood-red slate and clay)From its beginning in 2007, local owner Mario Paoluzi set the groundwork to make I Custodi an Etna fuoriclasse, as the Italians say, one of the greats. Besides sending us many cell phone pics of when A Muntagna is erupting, he has had unwavering passion to work exclusively with the ancient albarello bush vines, some of which are 150+ years old. I Custodis cellar master is long time Etna guru Salvo Foti, and his touch is one of a bianchista (white wine