2022
6x75cl
DP
£230.42
vintage
portfolio
2022
6x75cl
DP
£230.42
Calderara Sottana is undisputedly one of the great crus of Etna. Until recently though, Nerello Mascalese has set the tone. Inspired by a 40-year old Carricante drunk in 2007, Marco and the team began isolating the old Carricante that already existed in Calderara and planting new vines until they had enough for it to stand on its own two feet. The white Calderara shows a more concentrated, deep and mineral profile, with some austerity in youth. Spicier than the other whites, packed with smoke and minerals, the 2022 Calderara Bianco shows broader nuttier notes on the palate, complete with golden apples and a touch of juniper. Fermented in large wooden cask and aged for 9 months in barrique. Vines average 10-30 years of age and the soil is very rocky and dark.
Tenuta delle Terre Nere is a benchmark Etna estate owned by the experienced wine afficionado Marco de Grazia. Its first commercial vintage was 2002, making it one of the region’s foremost pioneers. Starting off with one parcel of old goblet vines in the Vigneto Guardiola, Marco has now increased his holdings to numerous parcels including the Santo Spirito, Guardiola, San Lorenzo and Calderara vineyards. The principal variety grown on the estate is Nerello Mascalese, which is indigenous to the Etna. Its fabulous old bush vines, the majority of which are pre-Phylloxera, are planted on the rocky and sandy volcanic soils on the north face of Mount Etna at 800 to 900 metres above sea level. The wines are aged in barrels of varying sizes with a small proportion of new oak (rarely more than 20%) for 18 months. Unique, perfumed and spicy these are some of the region’s most complete and distinguished examples. Their floral aromas and lifted fruit coupled with gripping, structuring tannins means these are well balanced wines built to last. Authentic, pretty and ethereal yet offering firm backbones they are an intriguing yin-yang style of wine you won't forget in a hurry.
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