Daniel Bloom

9.3

Ok, as We can see from the pic. this is the Primavera Saca. 2022
All powerful saline, yeast, dough, and tropical fruit nose and palate wrapped up in an 8yr old manzanilla.
“Brine is love” has been said and is apropos. Completely engaging, always serve in a large glass, never a copita. Let it unfold as it airs.
The magic of Palomino, chalk pagos, criadera, geological fortune and clime.
All that plus a great cellarmaster.

Terrific stuff!

Thanks Nick @Enramistas — 2 years ago

Karmen Dykstra

9.2

Flavorful and well-balanced — 4 years ago

October Cleveland

9.2

Fine mousse, and perfectly refreshing in a subtropical clime. 👌🌴 — 7 years ago

Martin Frowde

8.9

Nice deep purple-red colour with delicate blueberry and pepper bouquet. Drinking this 2014 in 2016 and it is not too soon to be drinking it. A pleasant raspberry and blueberry flavour, with gentle mouthfeel. Relatively lightweight but worked well with our chicken dinner. A cold day / room so would be interesting to try it again in a warmer clime and with more time in bottle. Purchased from the Secret Cellar in Tunbridge Wells. — 8 years ago

Daniel Bloom

9.1

I have no idea(yet) of the grapes in this.
The label says the vines are up to 140 yrs.
N: Lots of blood, tobacco, saline qualities. Poured blind, one may think an earthy burg that’s young. Some dark berried fruit. Liquorice.
P: Very delicate, much lighter on the palate than the nose would lead. Open for an hour, no tannic grip yet. Lots of woodland flavors. Tempered ( my guess) by an Atlantic clime. Easy , yet 14°
Glad it came home with me.
Portugal by way of the Jersey Shore. — 2 years ago

Brad Mate

9.2

The nose reminds me of something from Chile or the Rhone...Syrah definitely shows it’s presence. Wild herbs or a flower bed...very floral on the nose but in a good way. No artificial notes all super pure. The palate is juicy with a mixture of dark fruits and milk chocolate. Finished suave, not too dry. Very impressive even in its youth. 92 pts now but could definitely clime higher with age. Great buy! — 4 years ago

SV

9.3

Oh my. Bright, flinty red fruit in the nose. Incredibly herbal and rustic but balanced. It tastes like the hot, southern Oregon clime it came from. Lovely.

This wine might just sustain me through the polar vortex that has settled over Oregon. — 8 years ago

S Wood

9.4

Lightweight plum breezing out of the glass. Byron E. west coast baby. — 3 years ago

Topher Taylor

8.9

Taste of unripe cranberry and pine needles. Dries out nicely. Really consumes the pallet — 4 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.2

Girolamo Russo “a’Rina” 2016 Etna Rosso 🇮🇹 $25
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Nerello Mascalese (94%) and Nerello Cappuccio are the yin and yang of red grapes that grow exceedingly well in the wild and high altitude clime atop the Sicilian volcano #MountEtna.
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A hell of a bargain at about $25 as this crushes most Bourgogne/Hautes-Cotes under $50 and would give pricier versions a run for their money. It is also more complex now and ready to consume when compared to many similarly priced, well made “Langhe” Nebbiolo wines. From the @coravin this was ready to go and opened up well with 10-15 minutes in the glass.
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A youthful medium ruby color, fairly transparent. The nose suggests to me a red Burgundy, possibly a Beaune or Chassagne-Montrachet red from the wildness of the Etna character. A deep underpinning of rocky minerality, hints of ash, rose petal and purple florals, with dabs of red cherry and red plum fruit, sweet spices with hints of old leather jacket and unsmoked pipe tobacco. The palate is juicy and fresh, with refined, silky, ripe tannin that are youthfully firm. Excellent density and persistence, but light as a feather. Medium+ on the finish.
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Etna red wines are commonly described as having similarities to nebbiolo from Piedmonte and pinot noir from Burgundy. There are for sure some similarities, but make no mistake that Etna wines, when made well, refract the wild and volcanic Etna terroir well and are genuine in their own right. •
The complex volcanic soils of Etna, combined with some of the highest elevations for vineyards in Europe at 3,000+ feet, can produce wines with immense complexity and freshness. A sense if refinement comes across in the density without excessive weight, allowing for transparency of terroir. Most vines are trained in the traditional bush-vine method, which works well in the rocky soils that see a lot of wind and sunlight at these high altitudes.
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