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Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosato DOC
Country
Italy
bottle size
750 ml
Wine Type
Rose Wine
Wine Region
Sicily
Grape Variety
Others
vintage
2018 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
Alcohol
13%
2018 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
Product Description
92 points in James Suckling - "This is always a rosé with a lot of complexity, and the 2018 is no different, offering cumin, nutmeg, dried daffodils, white-rose petals and flint. Lots of pretty, almond flavors come to the fore on the medium-bodied palate, where the beautiful oily texture is matched with driven acidity. Herbal, praline-laden finish. Drink now."
Profile
Grape Blended
100% Nerello mascalese
Palate
Cool, lively and austerely fragrant
Colour
Intense pink
Aroma
Typically fruity, reminiscent of cherry and ripe strawberry
Palate
Cool, lively and austerely fragrant
Product details
I first made this wine in 2007. I love rosé. But I never thought I would make one, just not one of those things that came to mind. But it did come to mind, and powerfully so, to my little Elena: everyone knows how strong the attraction for pink is to the fair sex, particularly at the venerable age of three. Painting the cellar pink just wasn’t enough: a pink wine was to be born. And Nerello Mascalese, wonderfully versatile grape, proved to be just the right stuff. Not an easy wine to make, however. In fact all the opposite. In trying to find balance, you walk a thin line. The Platonic ideal, as I see it, would be the rosé that has the body of a white and the soul of a red, if that makes any sense. Anyway, that’s what I’m looking for: a wine that’s joyful without being frivolous; that has tension, but is not austere. And I feel we come close. Our Etna Rosato is bright and vibrant, but never superficial. The joy it delivers has sophistication. I’ve found out that it ages beautifully. Not that there is any reason to age it. But when it does, the complexity is quite unexpected and remarkable in a rosé. Fish, poultry, soups, pasta, prosciutto and cantaloupe, figs and salame, bread and olives and cheese.
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