Fire + wine = Etna, Sicily 🇮🇹
🇮🇹Girolamo Russo ‘Nerina’ Etna Bianco 2019
📍 Etna DOC Sicily, Italy
🍇 75% Carricante + 25% of Catarratto, Inzolia, Grecanico, Minnella & Coda di Volpe
ℹ️ ‘Nerina’ is the only white cuvée from Giuseppe Russo. Organically farmed, the oldest vines are 100 years old. Made cool fermentation (70% steel and 30% barrels) with indigenous yeasts with 6 months ageing on the lees
🇮🇹Pale lemon color.
🇮🇹 Fragrant and silky aromas of lemon, grapefruit, mango, apple, pear, smoke, honeysuckle and minerals.
🇮🇹 Fresh flavors of green herbs (sage and thyme), citrus, honeysuckle, saline are carried by the vitality of the acidity of this creamy, medium bodied wine into depth and complexity of minerals, saline & smoke. It has a persistent finish that truly reflects the Etna terroir. It has the ocean, the volcano and purity of Etna in one beautiful wine.
I paired it with whipped lemon ricotta with crostini and fresh veggies – swipe ⬅️⬅️
Pizza Bianca with fresh arugula and olive oil or grilled shrimp lemon thyme skewers would also be lovely together.