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Nerello Mascalese
red grape Etna Rosso serve 15–17 °C ages 3–15 years
Nerello Mascalese is a red grape: medium-bodied, fresh acidity, firm tannin, usually dry. 14 Nerello Mascalese wines from £20.10. Typical aromas: red cherry, strawberry, dried herbs, smoke, volcanic minerality.
Typical structure · knowledge base
dry
medium
firm
fresh
little
Is Nerello Mascalese sweet or dry?
Usually dry.
What goes with it
grilled fish, tuna, pork, mushroom pasta, lamb. elegant, fresh; bridges fish and meat
Where it grows
Etna Rosso, Italy — high-altitude volcanic; pale, high-acid, Nebbiolo- or Pinot-like
If you like Nerello Mascalese
14 Nerello Mascalese wines · ranked by critic score, then price · showing 14
sweetness · body on 1–5 · inferred
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maugeri Contrada Volpare Frontebosco Etna Bianco Superiore 2023 Maugeri · Sicily | £40.60 | |||
| Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Prephylloxera Don Peppino 2023 Tenuta delle Terre Nere · Sicily | £132.18 | |||
| Passopisciaro Contrada R 2023 Vini Franchetti · Sicily | £48.90 | |||
| Girolamo Russo San Lorenzo Etna Rosso 2022 Girolamo Russo · Sicily | £82.31 | |||
| Girolamo Russo a Rina Etna Rosso 2024 Girolamo Russo · Sicily | £33.97 | |||
| Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso 2024 Tenuta delle Terre Nere · Sicily | £22.07 | |||
| Frank Cornelissen Susucaru Rosso 2024 Frank Cornelissen · Sicily | £22.94 | |||
| Frank Cornelissen Munjebel Rosso 2022 Frank Cornelissen · Sicily | £33.76 | |||
| Gaja Idda Etna Rosso 2020 Gaja · Sicily | £39.92 | |||
| Gaja Idda Etna Rosso 2022 Gaja · Sicily | £39.92 | |||
| Pietradolce Archineri Etna Rosso 2021 Pietradolce · Sicily | £45.79 | |||
| Pietradolce Etna Rosso 2024 Pietradolce · Sicily | £20.10 | |||
| Girolamo Russo Etna Rosato 2025 Girolamo Russo · Sicily | £22.07 | |||
| Pietradolce Etna Rosato 2025 Pietradolce · Sicily | £21.82 |