Tenuta di Fessina was founded in 2007 in Rovittello on the northeastern side of the volcano Etna. They have 17 acres of vineyards spread across some of the best locations on the mountain. The vineyards are oriented in several different microclimates so that the tenuta can bottle a diverse offering of Sicily’s indigenous varietals. Fessina has become one of the most sought-after producers of Etna’s increasingly renowned wines.

This Etna Bianco Superiore comes from the village of Milo, the only village of Superiore category. The vineyard is bush-trained carricante at 950m and the vines are 90-years-old, many on original rootstocks. The altitude combined with the volcanic soils create wines of lovely verticality and complexity. This wine ferments in French oak and ages for 24 months in stainless steel before one more year in bottle. You can feel the volcano beneath the wine and vastness of the Ionian sea beside it. The wine combines flint and brine, a lemony liveliness, acacia honey, mint, and saffron. The wine has a lovely substantiality while remaining poised and taught from the brightness of the acidity and then energy in the stoniness.

This wine is available in the US only through the Yes Society.