Top 100 red wines of Etna - Page 3
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Etna of Etna as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Etna and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Etna
Sicilian DOC on the volcano's flanks (400-1,000 m), the first DOC of Sicily (1968). Signature Nerello Mascalese (80% min. in red): fine, taut reds with signature notes of tangy cherry, wild strawberry, dried herbs, volcanic smoke, sweet spices and saline minerality, tight tannins and a cutting freshness - compared to Burgundian Pinot Noir. Carricante (60% min.
in white): lively, lemony and saline whites with long ageing. Black volcanic soils, old ungrafted vines.
Discover the grape variety: Nerello Cappuccio
Supple, fruity reds with a light ruby color, smooth tannins and a round palate, offering signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), plum, soft spices and volcanic notes. A charming profile adding roundness and fruit to blends. Essential component of Etna Rosso DOC blended with nerello mascalese, the signature of great volcanic Sicilian reds on Etna's slopes. Italian indigenous variety from Sicily.
Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Etna
red wines from the region of Etna go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of sloth pork loin, pasta with shrimp or tajine of mutton.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Etna
On the nose in the region of Etna often reveals types of flavors of earth, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tropical fruit. In the mouth in the region of Etna is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
