Mannamaru Sicilian Mandarin Amaro October2023Reductions The fruit is Graciano from

The fruit is Graciano from Navarra's 35-year-old organically farmed bush vines

late one in the Highlands

aged a year in used barrels without racking

The wine is wonderfully engaging with flavors akin to lime juice

Mannamaru Sicilian Mandarin Amaro October2023Reductions The fruit is Graciano fromAn amaro built around a single mandarin grove on the slopes of Etna. Gaetano Peci makes Mannamaru in Paterno, just outside Catania, from Avana mandarins, an intensely aromatic local variety, grown in the grove his grandfather and namesake tended for decades. The fruit is harvested and peeled by hand, then infused in neutral spirit to pull the essential oils out of the peel, which is where every bit of the perfume lives. The name is a double pun: manna