Etna Rosso, Santo Spirito
Tenuta delle Terre Nere

Etna Rosso, Santo Spirito


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2021
6x75cl
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£235.22


Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso, Santo Spirito, 2021

2021

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso, Santo Spirito, 2021

Santo Spirito stands out this year for its clear, jewel-like sweet red fruit profile which is held together by a fine tannic grip and notes of fine earth, sweet soil, and spice. It is really nicely put together. 700-850m of elevation, vine age ranges from 80-100 years old and the soils are deep, dark volcanic ash. Aged in a combination of barrique and tonneaux and bottled after 14 months

ABV:
14.5%
93/100
Eric Guido, Vinous

The 2021 Etna Rosso Santo Spirito is dark and dusty in character, yet impossible to resist. It slowly unleashes a core of crushed raspberries, mint leaf and sage. It’s silky and refined, with cooling acidity and pretty strawberry fruits complemented by rosy inner florals. A cascade of licorice and crunchy tart cranberry defines the finale, as the 2021 tapers off youthfully tense, nearly puckering the cheeks, yet only lightly structured. Patience is recommended, yet it will be hard to maintain.
Date Reviewed:
09/2023

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Italy

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Sicily

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Tenuta delle Terre Nere

Tenuta delle Terre Nere

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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