A "sexy" and refined red bursting with violet, lavender, and ripe wild strawberry fruit. Eric Guido calls it "wickedly fresh and floral" with a stream of motivating acidity.

This is for my Pinot aficionados out there looking to spice things up. Etna Rosso and the Etna DOC is one of my favorite niche regions at the moment, and Graci delivers an amazing wine at this price point it would be criminal of me not to do some promotion of it. Normally at this level, Etna Rosso's will have a bit of Nerello Carpuccio to help body the blend, but not here - 100% Nerello Mascalese. NM shares a lot of qualities with PN - light skin, floral aromatics, ripe cherries and a little liquorice - and you will get all of those both on the nose and on the palate here. The winemaking techniques here are what really sets this wine apart - fermented in classic vertical wood casks called 'tini', the wine is aged for 18 months, and then transferred to concrete tanks for a little malolactic action. This helps to give structure to the wines, refine the acidity, and helps to bring out some minerality and give this wine a great texture. If you haven't tried anything from Etna thus far, give this one a go.