Masseria Case Rosse 'Santa Caterina' Etna 2020 no-wrapin

Masseria Case Rosse 'Santa Caterina' Etna 2020 no-wrapinWinemaker Salvatore Giardina is well known in his town of Randazzo, Sicily, as the owner of one of the best wine bars and restaurants in the area. Salvatores relationship with wine led him to produce his own tiny label, driven by admiration of what are locally called 'peasant techniques.' It's a reference to a less invasive way of growing wine, avoiding much but manual labor. This is only the second vintage of this wine imported into the US, and the

with soil-driven characteristics and tremendous acidity

and if you're familiar with the other famous resident of the town

this white wine is an homage to the freshness and coolness possible in this lake-influenced

Classic aromas of vanilla

making Sky the highest vineyard on Mount Veeder

and it's situated at 1475 feet above the sea level on pure granite soil

no-sulfur-added Burgundy

Lovely stuff

35" Body Length

so the wines are almost never single-variety

and these are the last bottles from Vaimakis' cellar

in style they're patterend more after the Loire Valley than those of the typically hefty southern French regions