Azienda Agricola Sofia 2020 'La Vigna di Gioacchino' Etna Rosso, Sicily

After more than a decade in the cellar of Vini Franchetti’s Passopisciaro, Carmelo Sofia and his sister, Valentina, began to bottle wine from the organic-certified vineyards owned by their father, Giocchino. Harvested from the north side of Etna in the Contradas Passopisciaro and Torreguarino, their entry-level red, “Giocchino,” is a light-colored, fresh, and fun Nerello Mascalese grown on volcanic soil from Passopisciaro and 10-15% on the siliceous clay soils from Torreguarino.