Tornatore Pietrarizzo Etna Bianco 2021

Dusty dried flowers, wet stones, sage and apricots form a savory bouquet as the 2021 Etna Bianco Pietrarizzo opens in the glass. Silky and round, this flows across the palate with ripe yellow apple and pear accentuated by citrus and spice. Its minerality comes through in the finish, nearly salty and youthfully tense, leaving a tart lemon rind tinge that puckers the cheeks. This beautiful interpretation of Pietrarizzo is already showing very well, yet has the balance for a steady evolution.

Tornatore's Pietrarizzo continues to show the depth and allure of white wines from Etna, with an intensely saline nose that offers citrus zest and slate, lifted with white-flower petals and white peaches. The palate is lemon, white pepper, seashells and gravel, but also more stone fruit and hints of prickly pear and guava. The briny, flinty foundation has an acid rebar that confirms this can take some age and become even more exciting in five to eight years.