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Puritani Etna Rosso DOC 2016, Bottle
Cantine Valenti
Century-old Nerello Mascalese on Etna's black lava: a red with a volcano's lightness of touch.
75cl
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At a glance
- Style
- Red · still
- Grapes
- Nerello Mascalese
Some of the vines behind this Etna Rosso are more than a century old, growing on black lava on the volcano's northern slopes. That alone makes Puritani worth a look.
Cantine Valenti was founded in 2004 in Passopisciaro, on the north side of Etna, by Giovanni and Francesca Valenti and their son Alessandro. Puritani is 100% Nerello Mascalese from the Guardiola district, at 600 to 800 metres, where old vines, some of them ungrafted, grow on mineral-rich lava soils. The grapes are hand-picked in late October, fermented in steel with their own yeasts, and aged for about 18 to 20 months in wood.
Etna reds are about finesse, and this is no exception: structured and complex, yet light on its feet, with a distinctly mineral, volcanic character. The 2016 has had a decade to come together.
Serve at 16 to 18°C. Try it with tuna steak, pasta alla Norma or roast pork.
When to open it
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Sunday lunch
The long table, the roast in the middle, and nobody in a hurry.
- Autumn
- Spring
What to eat with it
Tuna steak, pasta alla Norma or roast pork: Etna's light-footed, mineral red is one of the few that sits happily beside fish.
Complete the table
How to serve it
- 16–18°C
- Large bowl glass
- Open 30 minutes ahead
- Keeps 3 days once open, stoppered
Technical details
Technical details
| Appellation | Etna Rosso DOC |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Grapes | Nerello Mascalese 100% |
| Vinification | Hand-picked at the end of October; fermented in steel tanks with indigenous yeasts at 24–26°C, with 14 days on the skins. |
| Ageing | About 18–20 months in wooden barrels. |
| Volume / pack | 75cl bottle |
About Deliciously Fine Foods
About Deliciously Fine Foods
Italian food, from inside London's market
Since 2016 we've supplied London's restaurants and food shops from New Covent Garden Market, where the city's kitchens buy their food while most of us are still asleep. Deliciously Fine Foods opens the same larder to yours, in three ways.
We bring it to you
We import charcuterie, cheese, preserves, olive oil, pasta and truffles from artisan family producers in Italy, including Subissati, curing salumi in the hills of Roccastrada, and Maremma in Barattolo on the Tuscan coast. We know every one of them personally. Our founder, Luigi, sits in on their planning meetings when new products are developed, so we know how things are made long before they reach the shelf.
We cook for you
In 2025 we opened our own kitchen at the market to cook with what we import: slow sauces, soups, trays to reheat at home. Some dishes are made to order, so they reach you fresh rather than after a week in a fridge.
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