Graci Etna Bianco 2023 750ml

ITALY : SICILY : ETNA DOC

CERTIFIED ORGANIC : Carricante, Catarratto

LIGHT-BODIED, YELLOW PEACH, PEAR, LEMON ZEST, SALINE, MINERAL, NO OAK

Alberto Aiello Graci has tended these vineyards on Mount Etna's northern slopes since 2004, working at elevations between 600 and 1,000 meters where the volcanic basalt soil is so inhospitable to phylloxera that many of the vines were never grafted. Planting densities run from 6,000 to 10,000 vines per hectare; the policy is minimal intervention — no herbicides, no barriques, no shortcuts.

The Carricante-Catarratto blend is fermented and aged six months in concrete vats — a choice that preserves the wine's native volcanic character without adding texture or weight. Three critics, three 91–93-point scores. The result is a white that tastes of where it's from: mineral, citrus-edged, and saline in a way that reads almost oceanic.

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