Girolamo Russo, San Lorenzo Etna Rosso, 2022 CHAMPCT0612 with the structure and acidity

with the structure and acidity to age gracefully for two decades

then aged about eight months in used barrels with no new oak

A slow-drinking French classic with time in its bones

or small-batch cocktail nights when you want quality without the full bottle commitment

It’s a gin that plays well in both classic cocktails and more adventurous mixes

Girolamo Russo, San Lorenzo Etna Rosso, 2022 CHAMPCT0612 with the structure and acidityThe largest and highest of Russo's contrade holdings. San Lorenzo sits near Randazzo on the north slope of Etna, climbing up into volcanic black sand at altitude and it produces the most aromatic, ethereal of Giuseppe Russo's single contrada reds. Giuseppe left a career as a concert pianist to take over the family vines after his father Girolamo died in 2005, and he has spent the last two decades farming organically, transforming a bulk grape