Girolamo Russo – Etna Rosato – 2018

Etna wines have become the new fashion but thirty years ago who would have believed it?
Girolamo Russo one of the first to produce wine in this area and to give a true identity to the company by starting to bottle the first bottles of wine, with his untimely death in 2005 he leaves everything in the hands of his son Giuseppe, a former professor with the passion of wine and its territory in the blood.
The winery is located on the northern side of Etna and consists of three plots between 650 and 800 meters high, the vineyards are grown organically and its wines taste of Sicily, impactful and with a strong personality.
From the selection of the oldest vines in the San Lorenzo district, Etna Rosato is born, a pure Nerello Mascalese, discharged in color almost like a white wine but with the olfactory and gustatory power of a red. Minerality, freshness but also the explosive power of the volcano. A wine that can be drunk, it is unthinkable to even leave a sip in the bottle!

• Producer: Girolamo Russo
• Name: Etna Rosato
• Grape Variety: 100% Nerello Mascalese
• Vintage: 2018
• Alcohol Content: 12,5%
• Bottle Size: 750ml

Productive Notes:Fermentation with indigenous yeasts and short maceration on the skins. The wine ages for 6 months in steel.