Etna Rosso 'Archineri' 2021

Mount Etna is Europe's highest volcano and one of the world's most active. 'a Muntagna, as the locals call it, is rich in mineral components thanks to thousands of years of eruptions and the altitude and climate of warm days and cool nights endow the wines with extraordinary richness, minerality, fragrance and depth. Generations of the Faro family have made wine and grown citrus fruit on Etna so it was a homecoming of sorts when Michael Faro and his family established Pietradolce, meaning 'sweet stone', in 2005. Archineri Rosso, their flagship wine, is from 80+ year alberello vines at 800 metres on the northern side of Etna. Intense complex aromas of redcurrant, wild strawberry, rose, balsam and blood orange, the palate is structured with great depth of flavour, full and rich but beautifully balanced with firm tannins and a long finish.