2025 Tascante Buonora Etna Bianco Carricante 6pk 6x750ml

Since 1830, the Tasca family has shaped modern Sicilian winemaking — named European Winery of the Year in 2019, awarded Robert Parker's Green Emblem in 2021, and certified B Corp in 2023.

In 2025, they received Italy's Historic Brand of National Interest recognition. In 2007, they turned their attention to Etna, establishing Tenuta Tascante on the volcano's northern slope.

Buonora — the name means "early" — is Tascante's pure Carricante, drawn from terraced volcanic soils at 600 meters. Carricante is Etna's indigenous white grape, historically prized for high acidity and late ripening, gaining complexity with age. Grapes from the cool north and east faces of the volcano deliver the minerality, sulphurous edge, and hydrocarbon notes that define serious Etna whites.

Harvested by hand in October, the 2025 fermented in stainless steel at 16–18°C for twelve days, then aged four months on the lees with regular batonnage.

The result is a wine with the verticality and tension Etna is known for — bone-dry, citrus-driven, loaded with minerality and underripe apple, bright sea-salt character, and almond on the finish.

Four months on the lees brings weight to balance the crispness without softening the volcanic edge.