Gustinella 'Jungimmune' Bianco 2023

Blend: Grecanico dominant 

Sonia's wines are a beautiful combination of purity, delicacy and mineral. 

A selection of native white berry grapes grown in the high vineyards of Maletto (between 1000 and 1200 m above sea sea level), where old Grecanico Dorato vines are found, a specific biotype of Grecanico developed on the northwestern side of Etna, vinified together with other local varieties (Minnella, Albanella, Moscatella, Trebbiano and other minor vines not yet identified).

The grapes are gently crushed and then left to macerate for one or two days on the skins. Fermentation is spontaneous and takes place in stainless steel vats.

The aging is about ten months in steel and eight months in bottle.

Gustinella

“Are you the Granddaughter of Gustinello? Thus began my love affair with the vineyards of Maletto. All the elders who took part in my little wine adventure used to ask me this question to identify where I belonged. Because everyone knew Peppe Gustinello. 

In fact, my grandfather owned the town's Palmento, a sort of ancestor of the Cantina Sociale, which at harvest time transformed the townspeople's grapes into wine. And so, as if by magic, with a leap of a generation, a ‘return immigration’ journey of 1340 km and various incredible coincidences and astral conjunctions, almost 40 years later, history repeated itself.”