Italy

Etna

Medium

Cork

White

The Maugeri family’s story is interesting. They have owned land here for decades but by the 1980s the vineyards and terraces had fallen into disrepair. The current generation of the family - Renato Maugeri and his three daughters - have spent the past decade restoring the estate and returning it to wine production, working with consultant Emiliano Falsini. The fruit for this wine is all young-vine alberello Carricante, replanted from 2010 onwards, and Frontebosco comes from one hectare within Maugeri’s six-hectare holding in Contrada Volpare. The site sits in a cooler, windier section of a south-facing slope beside the forest and receives around an hour more sunlight than the rest of the vineyard. Aged in 70% oak and 30% steel, it shows long-term promise in a subtle, textural style that feels slightly less austere than some. Buttercups, broom and ripe yellow fruit intertwine with delicate spice on the nose (a new Stockinger barrel was purchased this year for maturation), while the palate offers a broader, more textural expression of Etna Bianco Superiore that should develop compellingly with age.

Carricante

Maugeri, Contrada Volpare Frontebosco, Etna, Superiore, Sicily, Italy, 2024

Maugeri, Contrada Volpare Frontebosco, Etna Superiore, Sicily, Italy 2024.jpg

The Maugeri family’s story is interesting. They have owned land here for decades but by the 1980s the vineyards and terraces had

Maugeri, Contrada Volpare Frontebosco, Etna Superiore, Sicily, Italy 2024

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