Sicily

A supple and fruit filled red that is like a big hug to the palate. Gently aromatic, mulberry and damson fruits, a juicy lift in the mouth, sleek tannins and then good drive and freshness on the bright finish.

70% Nerello Mascalese, 30% Nocera. Eight months in 500-litre French oak. Light crimson with soft rim. Fragrant with wild strawberry. Super-fine dry tannins, almost chalky. Scented with tart red fruits on the palate. Deli...(read more)

These wines are so distinct and bear the hallmark of their volcanic origin so beautifully. Crackling with energy and zip, the fruits are on the redder spectrum, bilberry, cherry and raspberry, undercut with a mineral int...(read more)

55% Nerello Mascalese, 25% Nerello Capuccio, 10% Nocera, 10% Nera d'Avola. 12 months in 500-litre French oak. Mid crimson. Even more fragrant than the Peloro. Smells of red fruit in the wild: tart and tangy and delicatel...(read more)

80% Nerello Mascalese with 20% Nerello Cappuccio, from vines high up on Etna between 30 and 120 years old. Aged in large oak foudres. Ruby red, with intense fruit as and mineral notes finished with velvet-smooth tannins.

Enticing nose with a rich, weight of fruit. Warm red berries and some darker leafier elements create very charming aromatics. This follows to the palate on the attack, but then the pure feel builds intensity quickly. Del...(read more)

Carlo Ferrini's Alberelli di Giodo is a newish reality on Etna that presented its first vintage in 2016, following years of Etna winemaking experience by this celebrated Tuscan consultant. He now has the 2017 Sicilia Ner...(read more)

Oenologist Carlo Ferrini's estate, run by his daughter Bianca. Light bricky red. Lifted, scented, tangy red fruits with a herbal freshness. On the palate, grainy texture, extreme freshness and intense, vibrant, wild red...(read more)