Grottafumata Lato Sud Nerello Mascalese Terre Siciliane IGT, Sicily, Italy 2020 San Giovanni Deep ruby red with violet

Deep ruby red with violet hues

This jaw-dropping wine opens with a near 50/50 split between fresh vibrant fruits of white peach and apple and crunch rock

One of the two second wines from this estate

Dark blue/black fruit

it is uncharacteristically shy at this stage

Grottafumata Lato Sud Nerello Mascalese Terre Siciliane IGT, Sicily, Italy 2020 San Giovanni Deep ruby red with violetGrottafumata is, in a sense, the antithesis of many of the changes Etna has seen in recent times. As multinational wine brands have settled looking to cash in on the Etna name, bulldozing vast swaths of land in preparation for planting and erecting super wineries overnight, Mauro and Mariangela have gone back to the roots. They painstakingly sought out great vineyard sites planted to old vines, making deals with old contadino farmers no longer