Tornatore Etna Rosso 2022
Tornatore
A crystalline expression of Nerello Mascalese grown on Etna's ancient volcanic slopes, Tornatore's 2022 captures the purity and tension of altitude-farmed fruit with effortless grace. Its bright acidity, ethereal perfume, and lava-stone minerality make it a hauntingly elegant red that punches well above its modest price. A wine that feels like sunrise breaking over a smoldering caldera—delicate, luminous, alive.
Kit Aromas
Nose
Delicate and perfumed, opening with fresh wild strawberry and crushed red cherry lifted by dried rose petals. Beneath the fruit sits a subtle mineral smokiness—volcanic ash and warm pumice—alongside a whisper of dried Mediterranean herbs and orange zest.
Palate
Medium-bodied with vibrant acidity and fine-grained tannins that frame bright sour cherry and pomegranate. A saline, almost flinty minerality emerges mid-palate, giving way to hints of blood orange, dried thyme, and a gentle iron-rich earthiness that speaks unmistakably of Etna's basalt soils.
Finish
Medium-length and refreshingly clean, with lingering tart cherry, crushed rock mineral notes, and a final flourish of dried violet and white pepper.
- Varietal
- Nerello Mascalese
- Blend
- Nerello Mascalese with a small percentage of Nerello Cappuccio
- Vineyards
- Estate vineyards on the northern slopes of Mount Etna at elevations between 600 and 900 meters, planted on ancient lava and volcanic ash soils
- Alcohol
- 14.0%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
Food Pairing
Thinly pounded swordfish rolled around a Sicilian stuffing of toasted pine nuts, currants, capers, and breadcrumbs, then pan-seared and finished with a light tomato and oregano sauce. The sweet-savory filling echoes the wine's dried fruit and herbal notes, while the fish's clean protein and the sauce's gentle acidity mirror the Nerello Mascalese's bright minerality and silky tannins.
The Tornatore family's vineyards climb Etna's northern slopes to over 900 meters, where Nerello Mascalese vines root into millennia-old lava flows, absorbing the volcano's living mineral signature into every translucent, light-struck glass.
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