Destro

Destro

Destrovini is a held located in the prestigious DOC area of Etna born in 1897, to witness it is an inscription on the portal at the entrance of the estate.
The Company is managed on a family model by Destro since 2002 an is sited in a strip of land where viticulture has roots much older. The farmhouses, the manor house and the old mill date back to the end of the 19th century. The rural structures have been then in the years subject to restructuring and today they house equipment and instruments of vinification to the vanguard, to confirmation of the union between tradition and innovation.
What characterizes the Destro family is a great passion and a great attachment to this land, in a constant search for the enhancement of wines and their expression in relation to the terroir. In fact, it has chosen to cultivate native vines such as Nerello Mascalese and Carricante.
The vineyards of the Destro family fall into a land closely linked to its volcanic origins. To want to be specific, the estate is located on the last lava flow of the eruption of 1614 where the soil is rich in precious microelements and the crumbling of the lava and eruptive materials has formed soils with a skeleton of pumice of small size that provides a high drainage capacity.
In fact, the great heterogeneity of the soils, the minerality and the strong temperature variations affect the ripeness of grapes, from which are born fresh, full-bodied wines of good minerality, soft and intense.
Our Company is certified Bio. We produce red wines and classic method sparkling wine from Nerello Mascalese and a white from Carricante, white berried grape.

EXPERIENCE

We propose a path that recalls the flavors of our island starting from the salty and then to the sweet, simple products of our land rich in tradition that perfectly match the smells and tastes of our wines. The guided tours in the vineyards and in the cellar will offer the opportunity to take a real wine tour, an intense journey that will allow you to get to know the beauty and scents of the native vines of Etna, to understand our production philosophy and taste our wines. The initial stage of our tour will be the walk in the vineyard that will introduce you to the wonderful scenery of the Etna countryside where you can admire the native vines of the area such as Nerello mascalese and Carricante, grown on a lava flow from the eruption of the year 1614. We will then continue with the visit to the cellar and with the explanation of the agronomic processes of vinification and aging, at the end of which we will move to the suggestive tasting room located inside the old millstone, built in 1897, to taste the wines of our production in combination with typical local products.

TASTING 1 Tasting of two wines: a white and a red

TASTING 2 Tasting of three wines: a white, a rosé and a red

TASTING 3 Tasting of four wines: two reds, one rosé and one white

TASTING 4

Duration of visit and tasting: 2h