2022 Sciara – Centenario – Etna Rosso – DOC Grillo vines over a century old

vines over a century old

This variety was almost extinct but managed to be rescued thanks to the passion of local winemakers in the 2000s

and sharp taste

finishing with juicy pear and pink grapefruit notes

2022 Sciara – Centenario – Etna Rosso – DOC Grillo vines over a century oldSciara's top wine, from a single parcel of own rooted Nerello Mascalese at 630 metres, vines over a century old, among the few pre phylloxera plantings left on Etna. Aged largely in amphora and sandstone with a portion in fibreglass. Warm and rounded, with fine grained tannins, red cherries and wild strawberries, and a peppery, grainy, faintly tarry complexity underneath. Real concentration and energy for something this supple. A wine to sit with, not