$36.99 on 4+
$44.99 REG
(mix & match ok)

100% Nerello Mascalese
Aging: 18 months 70% large French & Slavonian oak barrels & 30% cement tanks.

Our take: As I mentioned with the "work horse" G above, the rest of those berries go into the Passorosso production. There is nothing "entry-level" about this Etna Rosso as these tannins and the structure on this wine make sure you know damn well that Nerello is a serious grape meant to sit at the adult table. Contrada G is mostly untrained bush vines and the entire site is filled with charm and character. The 2022 was screaming when I last tasted it. Baked cranberry, strawberry leaf and blood orange.

92 pts Vinous Media
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2032
The 2022 Passorosso is spicy in the glass with an herbal thrust up front, giving way to ginger-tinged dried cherries and dusty sage. This is silky-smooth with ripe red and hints of blue fruit. Brisk acidity motivates the mouthfeel as the 2022 takes on a salty savoriness toward the close. It finishes with outstanding length and concentration, leaving a coating of fine tannins and a resonance of licorice on the close. This is far from your average Etna Rosso, with nearly 50% of the fruit hailing from Contrada Guardiola.

92 pts RP The Wine Advocate
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2030
The Passopisciaro 2022 Etna Rosso Passorosso opens to dried cherry, redcurrant and crushed rose that give this wine a brittle, almost fragile personality. Fruit comes from 80- to 110-year-old vines planted at a high 500 to 800 meters above sea level as alberello, or head-pruned, vines, at a high density of 8,000 plants per hectare. Winemaking includes 18 months of aging in botte grande and cement. You taste extra ripeness in this hot-vintage wine, but you also get the structural firmness we see in the other excellent wines in this portfolio. This is a release of 36,700 bottles.