Taut and precise with 94 Points from James Suckling. It features sophisticated apricot fruit wrapped in lemon peel and an “umami” depth that reflects the volcanic ash.
2024 Graci Etna Bianco
94 PTS
— Orazio Campoli, September 2026
About the Producer
Graci is one of Etna’s most important estates and one of the most iconic modern voices on the volcano. Founded by Alberto Aiello Graci in 2004, it works exclusively on the cooler, wetter north slope, the zone around Randazzo and Passopisciaro that produces Etna’s most structured and long-lived reds. There, extreme altitude, ancient pre-phylloxera Nerello Mascalese vines and complex basaltic soils give wines of tension and finesse.
The approach is rigorously non-interventionist: certified organic farming, native yeasts and minimal additions in the cellar. The single-contrada bottlings, particularly Arcurìa and Quota 600, have become reference points for how much terroir shifts from one lava flow to the next.
Even the Annata wines show the style. The Etna Bianco is taut and precise, with apricot wrapped in lemon peel and an umami depth that reflects the volcanic ash. The Etna Rosso is refined and wickedly fresh, bursting with violet, lavender and wild strawberry on a stream of bright acidity. Alberto Graci is also a partner, with the Gaja family, in Idda.
Vintage Context
2024 Vintage Releasing 2026
★★★☆☆
Spring Peronospora was severe nationally, but Etna's volcanic drainage and altitude offered some protection. A hot but not extreme summer followed. Expect fresh, mineral wines with good tension — Etna's terroir continues to assert itself even in difficult years.