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Monteleone

Castiglione di Sicilia · Catania (CT)
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Established
2017
Giulia Monteleone
Yearly production
Location
Castiglione di Sicilia
Catania (CT) · Sicilia
Vineyard area
About 2 hectares in Contrada Cuba near the Alcantara river at the foot of Etna, by the Byzantine Cuba di Santa Domenica, with a plot of Carricante at Sant'Alfio; Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio

Appellations

Etna DOC

History

Monteleone was founded in 2017 by Giulia Monteleone with her father Enrico and the winemaker Alessandro Benedetto, on a two-hectare vineyard by the ancient Cuba di Santa Domenica.

From Contrada Cuba they make the Etna Rosso, and a Carricante Etna Bianco from the eastern slope.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Cuba Etna Rosso
Etna DOC · Nerello Mascalese
Old bush-vine Nerello of Contrada Cuba.
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