With fruit sourced from the Contradas of San Lorenzo, Feudo and Calderara Sottana there is some serious pedigree to the vineyards and it shows in the wine! A strong a’Rina from Giuseppe. Earthy, savoury nicely spiced with a little herbal note. Super fine elegant tannins. A little musk and violets over the top. Slate, plum and beyond. A classic example of Etna Rosso.The 2023 Etna Rosso A Rina watts up with a savory protile, mixing woodland berry with nuances of sage, wet concrete and a
Co-planted in a red vineyard pickers walk vine to vine searching for white grapes! 70% Carricante with a mix of other natives! Elegant & fine, lovely acid profile long even salty, good zip length, quite complete for a just released almost chalky. Sophisticated. Musk on white stonefruit with white flowers. Lovely flow. Tasty now, give it a couple of years to fully resolve and this will be a ripper.More than 70% Carricante with the rest being Inzolia, Coda di Volpe and Catarratto , harv
The Girolamo Russo 2021 Etna Rosso San Lorenzo is a very exciting wine with so much energy and verve. It opens to lean-bodied concentration with a brilliant ruby shine. The wine shows a long array of wild fruit and tiny berry aromas backed by crushed white pepper and crushed stone. San Lorenzo is one of the most impressive interpretations of Etna. I highly recommend you try and cellar this wine.Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate 96+ Points12 ha between 700 and 800m altitude, some 100-y
With fruit sourced from the Contradas of San Lorenzo, Feudo and Calderara Sottana there is some serious pedigree to the vineyards and it shows in the wine! A strong a’Rina from Giuseppe. Earthy, savoury nicely spiced with a little herbal note. Super fine elegant tannins. A little musk and violets over the top. Slate, plum and beyond. A classic example of Etna Rosso.The 2023 Etna Rosso A Rina watts up with a savory protile, mixing woodland berry with nuances of sage, wet concrete and a
Co-planted in a red vineyard pickers walk vine to vine searching for white grapes! 70% Carricante with a mix of other natives! Elegant & fine, lovely acid profile long even salty, good zip length, quite complete for a just released almost chalky. Sophisticated. Musk on white stonefruit with white flowers. Lovely flow. Tasty now, give it a couple of years to fully resolve and this will be a ripper.More than 70% Carricante with the rest being Inzolia, Coda di Volpe and Catarratto , harv
The Girolamo Russo 2021 Etna Rosso San Lorenzo is a very exciting wine with so much energy and verve. It opens to lean-bodied concentration with a brilliant ruby shine. The wine shows a long array of wild fruit and tiny berry aromas backed by crushed white pepper and crushed stone. San Lorenzo is one of the most impressive interpretations of Etna. I highly recommend you try and cellar this wine.Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate 96+ Points12 ha between 700 and 800m altitude, some 100-y