Notes from Strade Bianche:

"The Monteleone project, of wine and life, took shape in July 2017 when, after a long search, they identified two hectares of old vineyard a few steps from the Alcantara river. They are at the foot of Etna just under five hundred meters above sea level and less than fifty steps from the ancient Cuba of Santa Domenica, a Byzantine jewel of rare and intact beauty. They arrived there on a hot summer day, a warm wind swept away doubts and perplexities in a few moments: this was the locus amenus they were looking for, the right place to make our wine. In the following years they dedicated themselves to expanding the company with new vineyards whose fruit will be the matrix of new wines.

The vineyards are located on the northern slope of Mount Etna, in two different districts: Cuba and Pontale Palino. The territorial differences between the two districts are deep, this is the reason why the vinification of each lot was carried out separately: therefore, each label represents a single vineyard. In Contrada Cuba the lots planted with vines are two: about a hectare and a half is trellised and dates back to 1970; the remaining 5000 meters are head-trained vines, and date back to 1935. The grapes are the local Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio. In Contrada Pontale Palino, about 700 metres above sea level, they also own about 3000 meters of pre-phylloxera bush-trained ungrafted vines, and they aim at defending their immense genetic heritage in the years to come."