Calabretta, (Mount Etna) Vino Rosso, Cala Cala, Sicily May Yeast Secret

Yeast Secret

licorice and game are all amplified in this super-classic Riserva from Fèlsina

Makes it easy to imagine sitting in a vineyard overlooking the sea and sniffing a glass bursting with white flowers

there’s structure here

but in all of Spain

Calabretta, (Mount Etna) Vino Rosso, Cala Cala, Sicily May Yeast SecretHold up! This is unlike any other wine from Mt. Etna, Sicily, or anywhere in southern Italy for that matter. Owner winemaker Massimiliano Calabretta, likes to say: "I make my wine like Bartolo Mascarello!" Indeed there is an old Nebbiolo esque profile to the wines. Aromas of roses, dried cherries, tar, earth, and notes of volcanic soil tones waft from the glass. Given the high elevation (300 900 meters) and 85 95 year old vines, the wines retain a