Etna Bianco was first put into production in 2005 and Carricante is the dominant variety in the blend with a percentage of 70% depending on the year. Carricante is a grape defined by the minerality and saltiness of the terroir. A feast of other field-blends such as Catarratto, Grecanico and Inzolia make up the rest of the wine. Etna's whites are still...
And while the pace at which Etna's reds are attracting love and attention is exponential, the region's stunning rosé wines should not be overlooked. Among them, Marco de Grazia's Etna Rosato exploits the source of Nerello Mascalese's versatility, but goes against the current of the times. Instead of a modern, fruity, sweetly flavoured rosé, Marco offers a...
Nerello Mascalese gives excellent rosés and Etna Rosato from younger vines in different parts of the zone, is a rosé that is imprinted in memory. A real firework of intensity and minerality, it is nothing like the candied fruit and sweetness that comes to mind when it comes to rosé wines. Serious, with pulsating energy and tensions, salty minerality and...
Contrada Calderara is located in Randazzo and is one of the emblematic cru of Etna and from it comes one of the most characteristic wines of Tenuta delle Terre Nere. Although the majority of this is a cru with very old vineyards, 50-100 years old, the part called Bellacolonna was replanted in 2006-2007 and the vines are still under 20 years old. Which is...
There are only two vineyards in the northern part of Mount Etna that come from the famous Ellittico terroir with the oldest soils in the area dating back 15000 to 60,000 years. You see the continuous eruptions of the volcano have over the millennia covered the earlier soils with new layers of lava and rock. So next to the cru Calderara Sottana, San...
