2023 I Custodi 'Aedes' Etna Bianco

Place: Mt. Etna — Sicily, Italy

Variety: Carricante

Farming: Organic

I Custodi was founded in 2007 and, from the beginning, founder Mario Paluzzi set the groundwork to make I Custodi an Etna fuoriclasse, as the Italians say, one of the greats. He has had an unwavering passion to work exclusively with the ancient albarello bush vines, some of which in his possession are 250+ years old and has key vineyard holdings on the northern and southeastern slopes.

Ædes is bursting with stone and citrus fruits; the texture is Etna through and through with a lightly concentrated mid-palate that finishes with a salty volcanic signature.