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92+
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Vinous
Red
Classification
Nerello Mascalese
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Italy
Country
Sicily, Etna
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
5-10 Years
Cellaring
Scores
92+ / 100"Incredibly spicy, the 2022 Etna Rosso bursts from the glass with a wild bouquet of cloves and incense, giving way to dried cherries and sage. This is silky-smooth, with cooling acidity lifting its dense core of ripe red berry fruits as crunchy mineral tones resonate throughout. The 2022 finishes impossibly long and staining yet only gently tannic, leaving a lovely air of lavender and cloves that echoes on. Terre Nere continues to raise the bar with their Etna Rosso; it now has its own barrel-aging facility, which has allowed them to keep the wine in barrel between 14 to 16 months."
- Vinous
Tasting Notes
Our Etna Rosso is our calling card, a clear idea of our interpretation of this varietal. The wine is in fact produced mainly from Nerello Mascalese grapes and a very small addition, about 3-4%, of Nerello Cappuccio. All the grapes come from both young and old vineyards that do not exceed 60 quintals per hectare. Grapes of the highest quality.
After fermentation-maceration, the wine continues its life in wood until bottling, about a year after the harvest. Even in its youth it is a wine of great distinction and finesse. Fresh, fragrant, elegantly slender and rightly tannic, it has its own natural elegance. As it ages, as its texture gathers in richness and complexity, it reveals its finesse: a wine for gentlemen. An aristocratically liberal wine: enjoy it, therefore, with what you prefer.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity