Crackling with energy, bursting with blue and red fruits, and underlain by elegant minerality, Graci’s 2016 Etna Rosso is superb--it’s an ideal warm-weather red that you’ll want to drink the whole year around. Juicy cherries and berries dance on a foundation of peppery spices, cigar box, crushed wildflower petals, and touches of mentholated herbs, tarry earth, and incense in this beguiling, medium-bodied wine. Dusty tannins wrap around a sturdy acidic core, while the wine’s sweet, pure fruits match with savory minerals; balanced and beautiful, this wine’s finish is a food-friendly delight. A cuvée of estate-grown organic Nerello Mascalese from vineyards located on the slopes of Mt. Etna, grapes ferment in concrete tanks with natural yeasts for about a month, and the wine ages in concrete tanks for 18 months followed by two months in bottle before release. Drink now or hold to enjoy over the medium term.