Elios Glou Glou Rosso 2019
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| Management number | 253563226 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | US$13.60 | Model Number | 253563226 | ||
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Elios Glou Glou Rosso is 100% Nerello Mascalese grown on young vines in the Monreale area of northwest Sicily, southwest of Palermo. Winemakers Nicola Adamo and Guido Grillo deliberately planted this grape outside its traditional Etna home to explore a different expression: lower elevation, clay-sandy soils, and a warmer coastal influence that yields a softer, more immediately drinkable fruit character than the volcanic north-face Etna versions.
Grapes are hand-harvested from biodynamic vineyards and macerated on the skins for one to two days before spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel. The wine ages in stainless steel for seven months, then is bottled unfined and unfiltered with only a minimal addition of sulfur. No selected yeasts, no additives. The result sits at 11% ABV with negligible tannins and lively acidity.
The name is French slang for gulping: a glou-glou wine is one designed to be drunk freely, lightly chilled, without ceremony. This bottles that intent precisely. Nerello Mascalese here shows bright red cherry, wild strawberry, raspberry, and a faint savory-mineral edge rather than the structured, age-worthy profile it achieves on Etna's volcanic soils. Drink young, serve cold.
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