Calabretta Cala Cala Rosso

Cala Cala or "Gulp, Gulp" is exactly what you will want to do with this tasty Sicilian red made by iconoclastic and talented Massimiliano Calabretta. The Calabretta wines hail from the DOC of Etna Rosso in northeastern Sicily. The grapes here are primarily the indigenous Nerello Mascalese, with a bit Nerello Cappuccio interplanted. The vineyards are planted between 300 and 900 meters on the slopes of Mount Etna, an active volcano that looms in the distance for much of eastern Sicily. The soils are a combination of black volcanic ash and sand which are fine and almost silty, with lots of lava rocks and good drainage.