Tornatore, Etna Rosso DOC (Sicily, Italy) 2016

 This is an undeniably gorgeous wine, and though I hesitate to seem high-handed or arrogant about the matter, if you disagree, you need to see a physician.  It is light in both color and overall weight, but it really delivers with subtle but authoritative aromas (with a bit of fruity perfume along with nascent savory and mineral notes) and flavors (red fruit notes predominating) along with virtually perfect textural balance between soft, sweet roundness and gently firm structure.  There’s really nothing else in the whole world of red wine that matches this profile: red Burgundy of comparable quality is much tighter and more tannic in its youth; New World Pinot is almost always heavier and fruitier, and the very best Grenache/Garnacha doesn’t have as much minerality or as much textural definition.  Wines like this explain why Etna has arguably become the hottest appellation in Europe among the global wine cognoscenti, and with apologies for the lame volcano allusion, this is a serious warning that you’d better buy in soon before prices explode through the roof.