Girolamo Russo 'Feudo' Mount Etna 2021
Mt. Etna Sicily
Regular price $64.99
2021 'Feudo' Etna Rosso 95WA
Girolamo Russo
Mt. Etna, Sicily
Mt. Etna, Sicily
95 pts Wine Advocate
The 2021 Etna Rosso Feudo is a bit more accessible overall, but I love the way the bouquet and the mouthfeel play out in this vintage. The wine offers precision and clean linearity. Fruit comes from 70-year-old vines, and the aromas are nuanced and delicate with wild fruit, rose and crushed flint. The finish is extremely smooth and silky with melting tannins.
Varieties:
Varieties:
Nerello mascalese 94%
Nerello Cappuccio 6%
Nerello Cappuccio 6%
The land of this contrada was already being farmed at the time of the ancient Greeks (who lived in the settlement which would eventually become the modern-day town of Randazzo). The Greeks themselves planted vines here.
The terrain is very ancient, dating back at least 15,000 years (to the period in which the Elliptical Crater was formed).
The soil is deep and generous, and the area enjoys a microclimate created by the winds blowing in from the Val Dèmone (according to legend, inhabited by demons – because the volcano was the considered the door to the underworld).
The wine produced here is supple, smooth and expressive. Its earthy aromas are reminiscent of roots and the subtle complexity of ancient loam.