Etna Rosé debuts. But it’s Volcano, the first Sicilian gin
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The new gin, very recently on the market, is the result of the union of Volcano Etna Dry Gin and Etna Rosso Doc, in collaboration with Gambino vini
There is a pioneer gin that tastes of Etna, the first one produced on those slopes, now also in an unprecedented rosé version. Three “volcanic” guys, Alessandro Malfitana, Diego Pollicina and Stefano Lo Giudice, are making it. A project, named Volcano, which, after a few years of gestation, materialized in 2018. “I spent seven years in England,” explains Malfitana, project developing manager & communications director, “and there I learned the culture of gin and tonic and trained as a sommelier. When I came back together with Diego, sales and administrative director, and Stefano, foreign markets and events manager, we decided to make our own gin. The idea,” he concludes, “was to make the first Sicilian gin that had its territorial identity in Etna. The first one made is a Dry, with a very precise choice of botanicals. First and foremost, Etna’s bush juniper, that is, the kind that takes root only on volcanic rock; broom flower, which also has a symbolic value (life beginning again after lava destruction), characterized by its bitter notes; wild fennel, which brings aromaticity; bitter orange, which gives acidity; and hazelnut, which gives fatness and structure. The new gin, very recently on the market, is Etna Rosé Gin. It comes from the union of Volcano Etna Dry Gin and Etna Rosso DOC, in collaboration with Gambino vini. Cold macerated botanicals are aged on the noble lees of Nerello Mascalese, imparting elegance and fullness of flavor. Before being bottled, it does further aging in barriques with Etna Rosso wine. Also closing the circle is a choice of packaging with an Etnean imprint, from the evocative labels to the stoppers made from lava stone by Piedimonte Etneo artisans. And to finish, a sip of gin, and Etna’s tale translates into persistent and seductive tasting, just like the volcano and its eruptions
