REGION | Italy, Sicily |
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VARIETAL | Nerello Mascalese |
TYPE | Red Wine |
SIZE | 750ml |
ABV | 13.5% |
List price: | $22.99 |
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Sale price: | $18.99 |
You save: | $4.00 (17%) |
Notes | |||
"In 2009 I began production on a simpler Etna Rosso, a wine that wants to be more of an everyday wine, to enjoy every day, and that every day brings to us the scents and tastes of the Nerello Mascalese that grows on the slopes of Etna. A wine that, as they say in Sicily, is the "Ciaurìa" or "perfume" of Etna. A wine that impresses with its disarming simplicity, though it is not trivial. A magic that consumes you only when you encounter such an extraordinary and unique vineyard site as this." —winemaker |
Critical Acclaim | |||
"The 2021 Etna Rosso Ciauria is spicy and exotic, with a burst of tangerine that evolves into a mix of ginger, young strawberries and dried roses. This is round and juicy in feel, with fleshy, ripe red fruits offset by hints of sour melon and a saturation of minerality that mounts toward the close. There’s a light staining of tannins that linger, yet they don’t get in the way of the 2021 finishing finessed, with hints of licorice and cherry pits that slowly taper off. The Ciauria is a fresh and fun expression of Nerello Mascalese that’s refined for six months in second-pass French barriques." —Vinous |