The winery
Palmento Costanzo
A winery on Etna (Passopisciaro, Castiglione di Sicilia) that produces Etna DOC wines, combining the conservative restoration of the ancient palmento with a modern cellar and organic farming practices.
- Sicilia (Etna - Catania) · Italia
- 21 products
The story
The Costanzo family recovered and restored a historic palmento on the northern slopes of Mount Etna, which they purchased and returned to use in recent years. Today the estate is run by family members assisted by a local technical team. The restoration of the palmento and the acquisition of pre-phylloxera vineyards have guided the estate’s development and a production focused on contrada expressions.
Production philosophy
Enhance the diversity of Etna's contrade through separate vinifications, minimize intervention to preserve the integrity of the fruit, and adopt bio-architecture and sustainability measures in the winery, with selective use of stainless steel, tonneaux and large casks to respect varietal and terroir expression.
Terroir and vineyards
Located in Contrada Santo Spirito, in the Passopisciaro area. Terraced vineyards on volcanic soils, gobelet-trained and supported by dry-stone walls of lava rock, situated mainly between 600 and 800 meters above sea level.
Characteristics
- Grape varieties
- Nerello Mascalese
- Nerello Cappuccio
- Carricante
- Catarratto
- Hectares
- 18.0
What makes it distinctive
- Conservative restoration of the historic winepress integrated with a bio-architectural cellar
- Vineyards distributed among the contrade of northern Etna
- Production focused on terroir expression: each parcel is vinified separately.
- Certified organic cultivation and adoption of ISO standards for business management
- Use of Ovum barrels for some aging and the traditional method for sparkling wines.