Torre Mora
Torre Mora is the Piccini family's Etna estate at Rovittello, on the volcano's northern slope above Castiglione di Sicilia. Its 13 hectares of organically farmed vines sit in two contrade, Dafara Galluzzo at Rovittello and Alboretto Chiuse del Signore at Linguaglossa, growing Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio and Carricante for an Etna DOC range led by Cauru and Scalunera. Visits centre on the estate's lava-stone palmento, with a four-wine tasting bookable from €25.
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3 wines 
Tastings
Tours
Accommodation
Booking required 
About Torre Mora
Piccini 1882 is one of Tuscany's best-known family wine houses, run today by its fourth generation. Mario Piccini first walked the Torre Mora farm at Rovittello in 2016 and, by his importer's telling, fell for it on the spot: the family rented the property, restored it, then bought it outright, completing the purchase of the vineyards that same year. It remains the house's only Sicilian estate.
The estate farms 13 hectares between roughly 600 and 750 metres on Etna's cooler northern flank, split between contrada Dafara Galluzzo at Rovittello, a frazione of Castiglione di Sicilia, and contrada Alboretto Chiuse del Signore across the boundary in Linguaglossa. The vines stand on terraces held by dry lava-stone walls, rooted in the loose black ash the volcano keeps renewing. Days are warm, nights cold, and that swing sets the aromatic tension Etna's north slope is prized for. Farming has been organic since the Piccini arrival, with certification from 2018.
The cellar works to a rule the estate states plainly: one grape variety, one territory. Nerello Mascalese leads the reds with Nerello Cappuccio in support, and Carricante carries the whites. The range runs from the Cauru pair of Etna Rosso and Etna Bianco, Cauru being Sicilian for hot, through the Scalunera bianco, rosato and rosso, to the Chiuse Vidalba bottlings and a traditional-method sparkling from Nerello Mascalese, disgorged after 44 months on lees with no dosage.
Visits are straightforward to arrange. The estate lists a walk through the terraced vineyards and the historic palmento, the lava-stone press house every old Etna farm once ran, finishing with a tasting of four wines, about an hour and a half for groups of up to six, from €25, with a light lunch as an option. On this page you will find the Torre Mora bottles UK merchants currently list, with live prices, alongside the route to the cellar door.
Plate I · SICILY
Torre Mora on the Sicily wine atlas
Wine area
Etna
Black volcanic terraces on Europe's highest active volcano, the home of Nerello Mascalese and Carricante.
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Torre Mora
Rovittello, CT · Etna
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Visiting Torre Mora
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Tastings
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Tours
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Experiences at Torre Mora
One experience at the estate, checked by our editors. Booking completes on the estate's own site or on the platform the estate uses. We never take payment.
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Vineyard and palmento visit with four-wine tasting
A walk through the terraced vineyards held by Etna's dry lava-stone walls, then the historic palmento, finishing with a guided tasting of four estate wines served with bread and grissini. Groups of one to six; a light lunch can be added.
1h 30m
From €25
Book direct
Vineyard and palmento visit with four-wine tasting
A walk through the terraced vineyards held by Etna's dry lava-stone walls, then the historic palmento, finishing with a guided tasting of four estate wines served with bread and grissini. Groups of one to six; a light lunch can be added.
1h 30m
From €25
Book direct
Plan your visit
Quota Mille, Frazione Rovittello, Castiglione di Sicilia (CT), Sicily
What Torre Mora makes
Torre Mora's current bottle selection is led by Etna DOC. The clearest grape signal comes from Nerello Mascalese.
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At Quota Mille in Rovittello, a frazione of Castiglione di Sicilia on Etna's northern slope, in Sicily's Catania province. The vineyards sit in two contrade, Dafara Galluzzo at Rovittello and Alboretto Chiuse del Signore at Linguaglossa, between roughly 600 and 750 metres.
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