Seth's Shelf
Volcanic Wines
Volcanic soils tend to show up in the glass as tension and a stony, salty edge. These six come from six volcanic sites, from Etna to the Canary Islands, so you can taste what the ground has in common and what it doesn't.
All six: $180 at listed prices
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Tenuta delle Terre Nere
Etna Rosso 2024
- From
- Etna, Sicily, Italy
- Grape
- Nerello Mascalese
$31
From one of the estates that put Etna's north slope back on the map, working old Nerello Mascalese vines in black volcanic soil.
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Envínate
Benje Tinto 2024
- From
- Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
- Grapes
- Listán Prieto, Tintilla
$33
Old, ungrafted vines high on Tenerife's volcanic slopes, farmed by the Envínate team.
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Los Bermejos
Listán Negro Maceración Carbónica 2025
- From
- Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
- Grape
- Listán Negro
$35
From Lanzarote, where each vine grows in a hollow dug through black volcanic ash.
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Mastroberardino
Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso 2023
- From
- Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
- Grape
- Piedirosso
$24
Red wine from the slopes of Vesuvius, made by the Campania family estate credited with keeping the region's native grapes alive.
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Mastroberardino
Radici Fiano di Avellino 2024
- From
- Irpinia, Campania, Italy
- Grape
- Fiano
$29
Fiano from the hills of Irpinia, where the soils carry layers of ash from past Vesuvius eruptions.
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Elena Fucci
Sceg Aglianico del Vulture 2023
- From
- Vulture, Basilicata, Italy
- Grape
- Aglianico
$28
Aglianico from Barile, on the slopes of Monte Vulture, an extinct volcano in Basilicata.
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The whole shelf
All six: $180 at listed prices
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