Enò-Trio is a family story rooted in the black, shifting sands of Mount Etna’s north side, specifically around the historic landscapes of Randazzo. Nunzio Puglisi’s daughters – Stefany and Désirée – were the driving force behind turning his lifelong passion into a family business.
With over 40 years of experience as an agronomist Nunzio quietly became a master of the volcano’s complex soils before ever bottling a drop under his own name. Today, having returned to his own three hectares to create something deeply personal, he manages a collection of small “heroic” plots that climb to staggering altitudes of 1,100 metres. They embody the true spirit of a vignaiolo, beginning with a philosophy that views the vineyard as a sacred space.
Nunzio doesn’t just farm the land; he listens to the land, working in harmony with lunar phases and ancient secrets passed down through generations. He has a deep-seated respect for the biodiversity that thrives in the volcanic ash, where every vine is tended by hand and produces some of the volcano’s most soulful and experimental wines.
Such is his passion for winemaking Nunzio has also cultivated other non typical Etna varieties to see how they flourish.
The terroir here is a brutal but beautiful landscape of lava flows and mineral-rich earth, where the extreme mountain air and intense sun produce wines of remarkable tension and a crystalline, flinty freshness. This character is preserved through a strict commitment to minimal intervention and a refusal to clarify, stabilise, or filter before bottling, choosing not to remove the natural particles that carry the wine’s life.
It is a high-stakes gamble – working without this safety net requires surgical cleanliness and a patience that few can afford, where a single lapse could mean a lost vintage that can never be recovered. This family isn’t afraid to push boundaries. This risk is the only way to ensure the wine remains a raw, honest snapshot of the mountain’s power. If you find a little sediment at the bottom of an Enò-Trio bottle, see it as a “sign of life” – proof that the wine hasn’t been processed into a “dead” industrial product.
These are wines with a real sense of place, made by three people who value the untamed soul of the volcano over the commercial pressures of the mainstream mass-produced wine world. This soul is captured in every bottle from their mineral-rich Carricante to the elegant depth of their Etna Rosso. This is a labour of love with a raw, unfiltered honesty that only a true artisan can achieve.
