After skipping a year of releasing this wine, the 2022Palmento Rosso (another nod to their 300-year-old traditional Etnean wine building) is true to style: while light and fresh, it has the pronounced fruit intensity of a great Etna red, full of cherries, brambly wild raspberry, macerated strawberries, blood orange. There are floral notes, along with a distinctive minerality indicative of the volcanic terroir. Acidity is well-defined and balanced, the finish is persistent and refreshing. Nerello Mascalese makes up 90% of this blend, along with small percentages of Nerello Cappuccio, Grecanico, and Minnella Bianca. The final dash is of Carricante, a slightly higher portion of which was used in the blend this year, to balance out the ripe tannins and richer fruit flavors present due to the hot climatic conditions of the vintage.