Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'San Lorenzo', 2024 Matthiasson Fall 2024 and delicate spice on a

and delicate spice on a frame of grip and backbone

so the wine stays bright

mineral character that defines this rare indigenous variety

But the vineyard's terroir—younger vines

fell in love with the region and bought the house in 1932

Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'San Lorenzo', 2024 Matthiasson Fall 2024 and delicate spice on aSan Lorenzo is one of only three contrade on Etna's north slope built entirely on Ellittico terroir the lava flows and volcaniclastic deposits laid down between roughly 60,000 and 15,000 years ago an origin it shares only with Calderara and Bocca d'Orzo. At 750 meters above Randazzo the ground is close to pure volcanic sand mixed with ash and stone, and that combination of loose, cool soil and genuinely cold nights gives a wine of real vigor held