The Winery Girolamo Russo of Etna of Sicily

Winery Girolamo Russo
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of Sicily.
It is located in Etna in the region of Sicily
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The Winery Girolamo Russo is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Etna to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Girolamo Russo wines

Looking for the best Winery Girolamo Russo wines in Etna among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Girolamo Russo wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Girolamo Russo wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Girolamo Russo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Girolamo Russo

How Winery Girolamo Russo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, pad thai or lamb stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Girolamo Russo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Girolamo Russo. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, minerality or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Girolamo Russo. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Girolamo Russo

  • 2001With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Girolamo Russo.

  • Nerello Mascalese
  • Nerello Cappuccio

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Girolamo Russo

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Girolamo Russo

How Winery Girolamo Russo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Girolamo Russo

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Girolamo Russo. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, smoke or peach and sometimes also flavors of lime, minerality or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Girolamo Russo

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Girolamo Russo.

  • Nerello Mascalese

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.

The top white wines of Winery Girolamo Russo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Girolamo Russo

How Winery Girolamo Russo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels with marinara, summer tuna quiche or caricoles as in brussels (translation: sea snails or whelks).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Girolamo Russo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Girolamo Russo. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Girolamo Russo. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Girolamo Russo

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Girolamo Russo.

  • Catarratto Bianco
  • Grecanico
  • Coda di Volpe Biancha
  • Inzolia
  • Carricante

The word of the wine: Concentrate

Said of a wine that is rich in all its components (sugars in sweet wines, tannins in red wines, aromatic compounds) and that leaves an impression of density, intensity and depth.

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Discover the grape variety: Grecanico

Lively, aromatic dry whites with a pale golden robe, an elegant palate and a sharp preserved acidity, with signature aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), white flowers (acacia), almond and volcanic mineral notes. Appreciated for its freshness on warm terroirs. A component of Sicilian DOC whites (Alcamo, Etna Bianco) grown in the province of Trapani. Identical to the Garganega of the Veneto, an autochthonous Sicilian variety.