Tasting Report: Red and White Wines of Mt. Etna
Sixty recommended Etna Rosso and Etna Bianco wines from my recent trip around the volcano
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Listening Recklessly to Marco de Grazia
At a recent tasting, De Grazia held forth on Etna wine, mountain terroir, and the praxis (and perils) of fine winemaking on the volcano
2019 Tornatore Etna Rosso
Tornatore’s Etna Rosso is 95 percent Nerello Mascalese with the balance Nerello Cappuccio, fermented in concrete and aged in large wooden casks. It’s a…
Firriato Gaudensius Blanc de Noir Brut Metodo Classico Etna
Firrato’s traditional-method sparkling wine is made from 100 percent Nerello Mascalese sourced from the northeastern side of Mt. Etna. It spends 30 months en…
2016 Tascante Ghiaia Nera Etna Rosso
Scintillant Etna Rosso
2016 Cornelissen Contadino Etna Rosso
Curiously cult favorite Etna Rosso
2014 Passopisciaro Contrada S Terre Siciliane
Hold this contrada-designate for at least five years
2014 Passopisciaro Contrada P Terre Siciliane
Complicated and powerful Nerello from Etna
2014 Passopisciaro Contrada G Terre Sicilane
Concentrated, powerful, too young
2014 Passopisciaro Franchetti Terre Siciliane
Feral, raucous, not yet ready
2015 Passopisciaro Passobianco Terre Siciliane
Another reason to love Chardonnay
2014 Passopisciaro Contrada C Terre Siciliane
Rosy and high-pitched but structured, too