We love the wines from Sicily, especially Mount Etna, but the prices have gone crazy over the last decade. We tasted through a lot of Sicilian wines this week, and the winner was this one—especially for the price! The 2021 Tenuta di Fessina Etna Erse is sourced from serious old Nerello vines, with the youngest planted in the 1950s. The wine opens with bright red and blue fruits, red flowers, soil tones, and a savory component. The 2021 vintage saw a warm, dry season with lower yields, producing a dense yet vibrant wine with great acidity to keep it fresh. Fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel and aged in concrete and neutral barrels, it highlights Etna’s hallmark minerality and red fruit precision. This wine is an absolute steal and can satisfy Burgundy and Barolo lovers alike!

James Suckling 93 pts! Plenty of blue fruit with crushed blackberry and blueberry aromas as well as boysenberries. Impressively clear fruit here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine and creamy tannins and a fresh and fruity finish. Delicious now. Drink or hold.

Vinous 90 pts! Wild strawberries, gingery spice and wet stone form a beautiful bouquet as the 2021 Etna Rosso Erse opens in the glass. This soothes with its round textures and vividly ripe wild berry fruits as sweet spices and rosy inner florals amass toward the close. It finishes with medium length, a licorice tinge and youthful tension, yet leaves the mouth watering for more. (Drink between 2023 - 2027)