Girolamo Russo Nerina Bianco Mount Etna 2024
Girolamo Russo Nerina Bianco Mount Etna 2024
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92 pts Wine Advocate
Drinking Window 2025 - 2028
Drink Date: 2025 - 2029 The Girolamo Russo 2024 Etna Bianca Nerina is 85% Carricante and 15% other local grapes with a grassy side and aromas of the wild chamomile flower that grows on the slopes of Etna. The wine is balanced and not too fresh in this warm vintage but with a nice sense of easy-drinking fruit and accessibility. Published: Jun 26, 2025
Grapes: On avg the grapes are 70% Carricante, 30% Catarratto/Inzolia/Grecanico/Minnella
Farming: Certified Organic
Age of vines: Planted in 1924, 1964 and 2016
Altitude & Soil Type: 700 M, volcanic
Winemaking: Controlled low temperature fermentation in 70% steel and 30% tonneaux with indigenous yeasts Aging: 6 months in 70% steel and 30% tonneaux, on the lees
White wines grown on Mount Etna are some of the best in all of Italy, and this is a very good example. Depending on the vintage, this wine is a field blend of 70-80% Carricante and 25% a mixture of other typical white varieties found on Etna: Catarratto, Inzolia, Grecanico, Minnella, and Coda di Volpe. The Carricante comes from San Lorenzo, the other varieties were interplanted with red varieties in a number of different vineyards, which range in elevation from 650 to 800 meters (2,100-2,600 feet) above sea level. The vines are partly old (planted 50-100 years ago) and partly younger. The grapes are pressed, and the must is fermented at controlled temperature, using indigenous yeast, in used puncheons (about 1/3) and stainless steel tanks. No malolactic is carried out, and the wine is aged in the same containers on the fine lees for about six months.
92 pts Wine Advocate
Drinking Window 2025 - 2028
Drink Date: 2025 - 2029 The Girolamo Russo 2024 Etna Bianca Nerina is 85% Carricante and 15% other local grapes with a grassy side and aromas of the wild chamomile flower that grows on the slopes of Etna. The wine is balanced and not too fresh in this warm vintage but with a nice sense of easy-drinking fruit and accessibility. Published: Jun 26, 2025
Grapes: On avg the grapes are 70% Carricante, 30% Catarratto/Inzolia/Grecanico/Minnella
Farming: Certified Organic
Age of vines: Planted in 1924, 1964 and 2016
Altitude & Soil Type: 700 M, volcanic
Winemaking: Controlled low temperature fermentation in 70% steel and 30% tonneaux with indigenous yeasts Aging: 6 months in 70% steel and 30% tonneaux, on the lees
White wines grown on Mount Etna are some of the best in all of Italy, and this is a very good example. Depending on the vintage, this wine is a field blend of 70-80% Carricante and 25% a mixture of other typical white varieties found on Etna: Catarratto, Inzolia, Grecanico, Minnella, and Coda di Volpe. The Carricante comes from San Lorenzo, the other varieties were interplanted with red varieties in a number of different vineyards, which range in elevation from 650 to 800 meters (2,100-2,600 feet) above sea level. The vines are partly old (planted 50-100 years ago) and partly younger. The grapes are pressed, and the must is fermented at controlled temperature, using indigenous yeast, in used puncheons (about 1/3) and stainless steel tanks. No malolactic is carried out, and the wine is aged in the same containers on the fine lees for about six months.
