Girolamo Russo Etna Rosso Contrada Calderara Sottana 2019

Price: $85.00
Tasting notes

Intense ruby red in colour, this Etna Rosso Calderara Sottana 2019 presents a complex bouquet in which blackberry, currant and morello cherry stand out, complemented by hints of Mediterranean herbs. The taste is ample, supported by a vein of acidity that makes it fresh, with structure and taste persistence.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Black CherryBlackberryGarrigueViolet
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Red Wine
Wine Style:Medium Body
Grapes:Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio
Farming:Organic
Vintage:2019
Country:Italy
Region:Sicily
Appellation:Etna Rosso DOC
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Girolamo Russo Etna Rosso Contrada Calderara Sottana 2019
$85.00

Producer profile

Girolamo Russo

The Girolamo Russo estate was founded in 2005 by Giuseppe Russo, in memory of his late father, and the family are native of Passopisciaro, one of the key villages at the heart of the rebirth of Etna's most important grape variety, Nerello Mascalese. Giuseppe Russo left his native Sicily for a time, trained as a pianist and music teacher, and studied literature, but when his father Girolamo died, Giuseppe returned in 2005 to make wine in the area around Passopisciaro.

The Russos have 26 hectares of land, 15 planted to vineyards and the rest to olives and hazelnut groves, on the north face of Mount Etna in the north-eastern corner of Sicily. Giuseppe Russo has cultivated his family's vines since 2005 and has 15 hectares of organic viticulture on the north side of Etna around the town of Passopisciaro, following the traditions of the Volcano and growing in the classic Albarello style with adjustments he characterizes as modified Albarello.

The grapes are picked by hand in late October, brought to the cellar in Passopisciaro, mostly de-stemmed with about 20% of bunches left whole if stems are ripe, crushed, and fermented using indigenous yeasts; the skins are macerated in the wine for a total of about fifteen days before pressing, malolactic fermentation takes place spontaneously in the spring, and the wine ages in used puncheons for about eighteen months before bottling.

Wine region

Sicily, Italy

The vineyards lie on the north face of Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna, in the north-eastern corner of Sicily. The Calderara Sottana vineyard sits on poor volcanic soils, essentially black volcanic dust on top of rock.

Russo makes a range of Etna red wines, all made almost entirely of Nerello Mascalese; A'Rina is his estate wine, made mostly from younger vines, and he produces five wines from single contrade including San Lorenzo, Feudo, Calderara Sottana, Feudo di Mezzo, and Feudo di Mezzo Piano delle Colombe, as well as an Etna Rosato from Nerello Mascalese and two Etna Bianco bottlings made mostly of Carricante with other local white varieties.

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East Coast: 5 business days

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