Notes from Skurnik:

"Proprietor Marc de Grazia is one of the pioneers of the Etna. Not only was he among the first producers to recognize the value of these once-forgotten, ancient terroirs, he also was the first producer to bring attention to the specific qualities of these vineyards by bottling single-parcel Nerellos that have become reference-point wines for the Etna."

About the cuvee:

The Terre Nere estate has roughly 43 hectares of vineyards (along with 150 olive trees) comprised mostly of volcanic ash speckled by black pumice and peppered with abundant volcanic rock; to call it ‘rocky’ is putting it mildly! Their Etna Rosato is 100% Nerello Mascalese produced from their young vines on the Northern slope of Mt. Etna (600-900 meters above sea level). It could be described as ‘a wine that is joyful without being frivolous’.