2015
6x75cl
DP
£290.42
vintage
portfolio
2015
6x75cl
DP
£290.42
2020
75cl
DP
£48.41
2020
6x75cl
DP
£290.42
2021
75cl
DP
£51.41
2021
6x75cl
DP
£308.42
A panoramic spectrum of flavours here, open and flamboyant, complex and bursting with character. Blustering flavours of sweet wild strawberry fruit with elements of crushed rock, mineral, smoke and spice. Very complex and with real presence and power yet the tannins are so fine they are near invisible. A class act. By far the stoniest of the Etna Crus, its fist-sized black volcanic pumice covering the vineyard. The vine are between 50-100 years old and planted at an altitude of between 600-700 metres. The terroir is based on very old “Ellitico” soils , dating back to between 15,000 and 60,000 years ago, these are rare and only two crus on Etna are purely composed of it- San Lorenzo and Calderara.
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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