AEL

9.2

This is great - an interesting, well built wine. Earth, orange peel, crushed dark fruit, rose petal on the nose. Substantial on the palate, sweet-ish. Feels alcoholic but only 14%. — 4 months ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.4

Confirms my previous posts! Terrific. — 3 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.1

Big wine, big fruit, mineral vein, pronounced freshness
A good grip, fairly long and in a balance
Potential to age
Unfortunately 600 grotte(600 caves) has disappeared
I believe this is the last vintage produced
600 are the caves in Chiaromonte where traditionally people would age wine, cheese or cured meats..beautiful part of the world — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose is rich.

Palate is rich. Delicious fruit. Good balance.

Only 12.5% alcohol.

Try this if you see it. — 4 years ago

Robert Rothfield

9.3

Ridiculous qpr....pop and pour....drinks well now but feels like it has the stuffing to improve over time — 6 years ago

Gary Phillips

9.2

Smooth tannins have mellowed with age — 8 years ago

CarloG

9.4

Fruity and nice !! Drink this with friends and no wives you be okay !! Salut. @Matthew Peladeau — 8 years ago

Kyle Harvey

9.1

Tasted the 2014 side by side with Foti's 2012 Carjcanti from Gulfi (with the aspiring younger Foti, Simone) granted this one was 2 years younger, you can tell Carricante craves the elevation and volcanic soil from Etna — 9 years ago

Mats Rytther

8.9

2023 good as usual — 5 months ago

Carter White

8.9

Dark berries, violets, dirt, a little hot. — 9 months ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.0

Red from the Mt.Pollino tasting i organised.
We are again in Calabria
Fabio callls himself an anarchist, but in saying that he just emphasises the fact that he knows the good way from the bad way of doing things without someone telling him what and how to do it. It's about taking responsibilities.
The company is a cooperative which does wine and figs mainly and the follow a bit of synergistic agriculture and permaculture.
He has complete respect for the land and the whole idea of give and take from Earth.
The wine is 100% guarnaccino nero he says and here starts a big argument with the Chiaromonte producer i know, but definitely the vines are old here, from 1974. Here Fabio says Guarnaccino nero is a harder version of magliocco as a plant and the wine has a deeper colour.
However the bottles i opened last night had a huge volatile to start with, barnyard was the scent, someone said hay, someone animal, i reckon it was all at once. But it did blow off after long time and the mouth was super good and long.
So i would say that this must need a big decanting of hours and it will be another story.
I will definitely give it a second chance
Mouth was better than the Toccomagliocco — 4 years ago

Nicholas Bernstein

9.2

Classic high acid Etna Rosso with playful and refined big flavor — 5 years ago

with Molly

Josh Morgenthau

9.4

At first, nose is airtight but there’s a faint hint of liquer perfume. Palate is bright and tart, with only a hint of tannin, but a bit simple. After 24 hours, this comes alive. Nose is black currant and cherry cordial with ineffable herbs... papalo(?), mugwort (?!). There’s a sultry earthy quality hiding under the prettiest fruits.

Very atypical for a Nero D’Avola. This is brighter and more lifted. Not over-ripe or over-extracted by any means, but there’s plenty of concentration. Really elegant. — 6 years ago

Rob Taylor

9.2

Needs to decant & open for 30+ but is lovely.
Had this one at Ett's — 8 years ago

William bellin

9.0

Un excellent Crozes au note de fruits rouges. Léger et rond. Excellent — 6 months ago

Mats Rytther

8.9

Fresh rather hard and stern acidity and tannins. Dark berries, pepper, herbs, green bell pepper, hints af raw meat. Rather lush and sternly fruty. For me reminds me of a good stern Sicilian wine from Gulfi (Neroblejo). Really nice stays good at least 3 days open. — a year ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.2

Only 3600 btls produced
I went to an Enoteca to look for work and ended up leaving with a mixed 6 packed box of wine
Guarnaccino, they told me, is the real only indigenous grape of Basilicata🤷‍♂️🤔....
However the story is..yes there is a story...
I got invited at a friend of mine's house for a glass of wine...he lives in the NP, surrounded by the forest and mountains... he pulls a rope from the creek(yes there's a creek in the property) with a cold , hanging bottle of rose self produced andhe says...ah, the grapes come from Chiaromonte, i do nothing, i wait a week for yeasts to do their work, then i wait more till the wine is good, Chiaromonte is wine territory, good wine, let's see what you think....the wine was delicious, refreshing and crisp drank out of shot glasses.
Well when i saw this very first bottle of rose from Chiaramonte i grabbed it at once, before i was told about the indigenous grape thing, but it fits somehow in the plot
Anyway i am very happy to see that out of this region we have marvellous wines that are unknown to the mainstream, but they are there available for you to enjoy.
This rose screams joy, it's crisp, clean and long and so easy to drink that it looks like it evaporates — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

Nose is this gorgeous floral minerality. Beautifully smoky.

Palate is sleek mineral and elegantly fruity. — 5 years ago

Nancy Hinman

9.1

Formaggio Kitchen 2017 Fall tasting. Bought 3 bottles for 23.99. I think it’s cheaper at Eataly. Finally drank last one in 2019. This was one of my first Nero D’Avola’s. I think this one led to Gulfi.
— 7 years ago

Michelle Berryman

9.2

Big bouquet, very drinkable and nice. — 8 years ago