Vino di Anna CR Rosso 2022

CR Rosso is Vino di Anna's expression of Nerello Mascalese with small amounts of Nerello Cappuccio and Alicante from the volcanic slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily. Fragrant, complex, and multi-layered, this beautiful wine shows crunchy red fruit, cranberry, wild strawberry, blueberry with floral notes on the nose and palate. It has firm acidity and an austere tannic structure with spice and minerality.

If you love Nebbiolo and Pinot Noir, this is the wine for you. Nerello Mascalese shares that same elegance, structure, and mineral-driven character that makes those varieties so compelling, with the added dimension of volcanic terroir.

Biodynamically farmed grapes from the two vineyards at the heart of the Vino di Anna wine estate in Contrada Crasa (CR) are fermented together to create this blend. Both vineyards are named after Anna and Eric's two children.

Vigna Jules, the first vineyard purchased by Anna and Eric in 2010, is a 0.45 hectare plot of 90-year-old bush vines. Principally planted to Nerello Mascalese, it has deep red-brown silty soils. The grapes from this vineyard give the depth and complexity to this wine. Vigna Gaspard is an amphitheatre of terraces planted next to the winery in 2014 and 2015. A massal selection of vines was made from the reputable old vineyard and the cuttings were planted as own roots in the traditional quincunx, high-density format. All the vines are trained as alberello with individual chestnut wooden stakes. Soils here are darker in colour, basalt with some clay. The vineyard is principally Nerello Mascalese with a small percentage of Nerello Cappuccio, Grenache, and Grecanico. This young vineyard brings freshness and vibrancy to the final wine.

The fruit was hand-harvested from both vineyards under sunny skies. The grapes were foot-trodden and plunged regularly during a two-week period on skins. After pressing, the fermenting wine was placed in a used 20 hectolitre wooden cask where it underwent malolactic fermentation. It was left on light lees until bottling.

Vino di Anna is a small, family wine estate situated on the north face of Mount Etna, Sicily. Anna Martens and Eric Narioo have been making natural wines together on Mount Etna for nearly 15 years. Today, with a team of locals, they cultivate organically eight hectares of terraced land by hand. They make a range of minimal intervention wines that focus on energy, respect for nature, and reflection of terroir.

Serve it at room temperature with pigeon, venison, beef, grilled steak, or grilled mushrooms. This is serious, characterful Etna red from one of Sicily's most respected natural wine producers.