Girolamo Russo Etna Rosso "a Rina" 2021
Some of Sicily’s, and indeed the world’s, most exciting wines are grown on Mt. Etna, Europe’s highest active volcano. This Etna Rosso is from 5 sites ranging from 650 to 800 metres above sea level. The mineral soils, old bush vines and late-ripening indigenous grape varietals yield wines of formidable structure and diversity.
Giuseppe Russo, once a famed classical pianist, is considered one of the pioneers of Etna. He established Girolamo Russo in 2005, and dedicated to the memory of his father Girolamo, the winery is a powerful expression of Giuseppe’s desire to respect and conserve his family’s traditional values, but interpreting those values in a new and personal way, introducing and developing new approaches to winemaking, but remaining in the village of his birth, Passopisciaro – the centre of the recent renaissance in the great red wines of Etna.
The name “A Rina” refers to the sand that rains on the vines of Mt. Etna.
Producer:
Girolamo Russo
Region:
Passopisciaro, Etna (Sicily)
Grapes:
Nerello Mascalese with a small percentage of Nerello Cappuccio
Style:
Red
Soil:
Volcanic, high percentage of silica and other minerals
Farming:
Practicing Organic
Some of Sicily’s, and indeed the world’s, most exciting wines are grown on Mt. Etna, Europe’s highest active volcano. This Etna Rosso is from 5 sites ranging from 650 to 800 metres above sea level. The mineral soils, old bush vines and late-ripening indigenous grape varietals yield wines of formidable structure and diversity.
Giuseppe Russo, once a famed classical pianist, is considered one of the pioneers of Etna. He established Girolamo Russo in 2005, and dedicated to the memory of his father Girolamo, the winery is a powerful expression of Giuseppe’s desire to respect and conserve his family’s traditional values, but interpreting those values in a new and personal way, introducing and developing new approaches to winemaking, but remaining in the village of his birth, Passopisciaro – the centre of the recent renaissance in the great red wines of Etna.
The name “A Rina” refers to the sand that rains on the vines of Mt. Etna.
Producer:
Girolamo Russo
Region:
Passopisciaro, Etna (Sicily)
Grapes:
Nerello Mascalese with a small percentage of Nerello Cappuccio
Style:
Red
Soil:
Volcanic, high percentage of silica and other minerals
Farming:
Practicing Organic
Some of Sicily’s, and indeed the world’s, most exciting wines are grown on Mt. Etna, Europe’s highest active volcano. This Etna Rosso is from 5 sites ranging from 650 to 800 metres above sea level. The mineral soils, old bush vines and late-ripening indigenous grape varietals yield wines of formidable structure and diversity.
Giuseppe Russo, once a famed classical pianist, is considered one of the pioneers of Etna. He established Girolamo Russo in 2005, and dedicated to the memory of his father Girolamo, the winery is a powerful expression of Giuseppe’s desire to respect and conserve his family’s traditional values, but interpreting those values in a new and personal way, introducing and developing new approaches to winemaking, but remaining in the village of his birth, Passopisciaro – the centre of the recent renaissance in the great red wines of Etna.
The name “A Rina” refers to the sand that rains on the vines of Mt. Etna.
Producer:
Girolamo Russo
Region:
Passopisciaro, Etna (Sicily)
Grapes:
Nerello Mascalese with a small percentage of Nerello Cappuccio
Style:
Red
Soil:
Volcanic, high percentage of silica and other minerals
Farming:
Practicing Organic
