A wild card here with a lifted meaty nose. Earthy berries, figs and peppercorn spices, too. Medium to full body on the palate with earthy, gamey fruit. Tannins are fine-grained but turn a little grippy at the end. From organically grown grapes. Drink now.

Made with organic fruit, the Gulfi 2016 Etna Rosso Reseca is 100% Nerello Mascalese drawn from a 1.5-hectare vineyard located at a steep 800 meters above sea level on the blackened cone of the volcano. The wine delivers both power and grace, or the two contrasting qualities that define the great wines of Etna. This vintage reveals intact primary intensity and doesn't immediately show the age of this late-release Etna red. Indeed, the classic 2016 vintage is rather timeless in that way. That fresh fruit should carry this wine easily up to the 10-year mark and probably beyond. The wine is aged in large oak casks for two years, and 4,500 bottles were made.

The 2014 Etna Rosso Reseca offers a tight and focused bouquet with aromas of candied cherry, wild blueberry, volcanic ash and red rose petal. This is a very perfumed, aromatic and delicate expression of 80% Nerello Mascalese with 20% Nerello Cappuccio from a producer that normally pushes concentration and power in its wines. The Reseca offers a nice break from all of that. Only 3,500 bottles were released.