The 2021 Etna Rosso Diciassettesalme shows dusty minerals and dried fruit aromas. This wine generally has more muscle and dark fruit compared to the Zottorinoto, which tends to be floral and more delicate in character. Diciassettesalme is fresh and linear...
The 2021 Contrada Rampante (R) grumbles up from the glass, youthfully backward, dusty and dark with a core of dried black cherries and autumnal spice that comes forward with coaxing. This is far more lifted and feminine than expected. Tart red berry fr...
While incredibly complex, the 2019 Etna Rosso San Lorenzo Piano delle Colombe is also amazingly finessed, pulling me close with minty herbs and rose tones, only to find depths of pomegranate, black cherries and Indian spice. This is seamlessly silky an...