Enrico IV

The flanks of Etna consist of layers of lava. Some layers are ancient, some are fresh. The grapes grow on that lava soil. For white wine, the Carricante grape is the favorite of winemakers. Because the citrus-fresh juice of this grape combines so beautifully with the minerality of the lava soil.

This from winemaker Valenti is one of the better in the region. It is fresh, firm and ripe. In the mouth it is tinglingly fresh. You taste fresh lemon, yellow plums, spiciness of fennel, anise and sage and something reminiscent of flint. Precisely! That tingling and that flint; they reveal the volcanic soil.

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The flanks of Etna consist of layers of lava. Some layers are ancient, some are fresh. The grapes grow on that lava soil. For white wine, the Carricante grape is the favorite of winemakers. Because the citrus-fresh juice of this grape combines so beautifully with the minerality of the lava soil.