2022 Maugeri Etna Rosato DOC

Made of nerello mascalese grapes grown in sandy decomposed lava soil near Milo, on the east side of Mount Etna. The vines were planted around 2010 at about 700 meters (2,300 feet) above sea level. The grapes are harvested by hand, normally in early October; the whole bunches are left in the press at low temperature for a few hours, then pressed, which gives a rosé with a very pale onion-skin pink color. (The grapes are harvested only for this rosé, not as a ‘saignée’.)The wine is fermented, then aged for several months in tonneaux, then bottled in the spring following the vintage. Estate-bottled.

Striking, complex wine, a kaleidoscope of different aromas and flavors including various berries, and hints of citrus-peel and herbs. Generously fruity but also concentrated and electric on the palate; try it with roast chicken or salmon. A rosato to drink now, or like many of the fine rose' of the world, it will age and perhaps even improve with time.