Girolamo Russo
Etna Bianco San Lorenzo 2024
Other years:
2022| Denomination | Etna DOC |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Area | Sicily (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 90% Carricante, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Grecanico Dorato |
| Aging | 6 months in second and third passage barriques and tonneaux. Minimum 6 months in bottle. |
| Year | 2024 |
| Biologic | Sì |
| Product name | Etna Bianco San Lorenzo 2024 |
| Color | Straw yellow with light golden hues. |
| Perfume | Fine and elegant bouquet where typical citrus and floral notes stand out, with light spicy hints. |
| Taste | Fresh, savoury in which the acid component balances the alcohol part and makes the wine persistent, long and extremely mineral. |
| Region | Sicily |
| Country | Italy |
| Other years | 2022 |
Awards
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2024
5Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.
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2024
3This guide is highly respected and offers the most comprehensive review of Italian wines. It has a long tradition and is based on blind tastings carried out by over 100 experts.
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2024
95/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
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Serve at:
10 - 12 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Pairings
- Start up year: 2005
- Oenologist: Emiliano Falsini
- Bottles produced: 70.000
- Hectares: 18
This is the north face of Europe’s largest active volcano, Mount Etna, in the north-eastern corner of Sicily.
The Russos have 26 hectares of land in and around Passopisciaro, with 15 hectares of vineyards surrounded by olive and hazelnut groves. The vineyards are high up, between 650 and 780 metres above sea level, inland from the beautiful town of Taormina. Many of the free-standing bush vines are over 80 years old, surviving in harmony with Etna’s black, mineral-rich volcanic soil.
Giuseppe works the vineyards organically and makes the wines himself. He vinifies each parcel separately, seeking out their individual identities in a series of wines that reflect the diverse character of their terroirs.
Some lava flows are very recent, too recent even to plant on.
The area is broken up into sectors known as ‘contradas’. Each contrada has a name and is linked to one of Etna’s townships. Read more
| Name | Girolamo Russo Etna Bianco San Lorenzo 2024 |
|---|---|
| Type | White green still |
| Denomination | Etna DOC |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 90% Carricante, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Grecanico Dorato |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Vendor | Girolamo Russo |
| Origin | St Lawrence |
| Climate | Altitude: 750 m. a.s.l. Exposure: North slopes of Etna. |
| Soil composition | Volcanic, sandy soil, rich in minerals. |
| Cultivation system | Espalier and "modified" espalier. |
| Harvest | Manual, first half of October |
| Fermentation temperature | 12 5 °C |
| Wine making | 4 hours maceration on the skins. |
| Aging | 6 months in second and third passage barriques and tonneaux. Minimum 6 months in bottle. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |