Tenuta di Aglaea

Tenuta di Aglaea

What better approach could be made to present the wines of the Terre di Sicilia, if not the one with which they are rich in true and mythological stories that allow the interlocutor's mind to wander among the immense naturalistic landscape and ancient territory, of which it is an incubator of legends and poems taken from the texts and manuscripts. Tenuta Aglaea, in fact, is an assembly of culture and culture, as well as the lively expression that keeps the beauty, the splendor, the glory, and the magnificence of an earth that is surprising to all those who want to love it. The choice of the name Aglaea therefore represents the wines of this wonderful land. The Sicilian viticulture is the largest source of income from specialized agriculture of the island, 187,000 Ha, down in the last decade, of which a small part is represented by Tenuta Aglaea. Bold vineyards, as is the Producer, Mrs. Anne-Louise Mikkelsen who raises her vines of Nerello Mascalese and Caricante on the slopes of one of the world's most active volcanoes, Mount Etna, at an altitude of 800 meters above sea level sea ​​level, where the climate is rather cool but well exposed to the sun. Terraces of stratified lava made of black lava sand, porous and rich in minerals, in an uncontaminated environment. The winery has chosen to adopt good agricultural practice through organic and biodynamic cultivation.