Benanti Etna Rosso 2023

Before Benanti, Mount Etna was a complete afterthought in the wine world. Nobody cared. Nobody was paying attention. Then Giuseppe Benanti showed up in 1988 and single-handedly changed everything by creating high-quality viticulture on the volcano and proving to the world what these ancient soils were capable of. He didn’t just make great wine; he helped put an entire region on the map.

There’s good reason these guys have remained the top dog for nearly four decades. Benanti is the only producer with vineyards planted across all four slopes of the active volcano: north, east, southeast and southwest. Nobody else can say that. Nobody else captures the full picture of what Etna is capable of. And what Etna is capable of will genuinely surprise you and win you over right away.