A. R.

9.1

Still way too young. Amazing upside, highly extracted. I generally dislike this big style, but man is this well made. Dark fruit and pepper in the nose, lots of unresolved tannins, minerals and dark fruit in the mouth. Long finish. — 3 months ago

Jan de Weerd

9.2

Wow. This wine evolved from a bit off-balanced spicy austere wine to a deep complex earthy wine with layers of dark fruit. This is why I love wine. There is a story underneath the surface. — 5 months ago

with Tammy

Ian Hamel

9.2

2022/8. I do think the great Etna reds are Italy’s Burgundies (if Burgundy was grown on a volcano in the Mediterranean)...perfume, flowery red fruit but with smokier, darker elements and that somehow autumnal thing that seems to run in many classic Italian reds (Nebbiolo, Sangiovese, Nerello) — 4 years ago

Alden Ridley

9.2

Set out to try a Sicilian wine for the first time (that I can remember) at my favorite restaurant in NYC and it did not dissapoint! Notes of cherry, red fruit, and smoke. Surprisingly mineral finish for a red, incredibly dry! Fantastic! — 3 months ago

Christopher J. Simovich

9.8

This was perfect right from the bottle to a 20 minute decant. I felt like an angel baby swatted in cotton candy after drinking this one. Paired with meats and dishes at Bazaar in Washington DC. — 6 months ago

AEL

9.0

It's austere, but that's why you bought a taurasi. Dried flowers, boysenberries, raspberries. Almost like an amarone. Well made; I think average score a tad low. Better than the 2016. — 3 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.1

Simple, citrussy with mineral vein
It does the job perfectly and i am curious to see what happens in a few months
It's long, satisfying and disappears super quick — 4 years ago

Ericsson

9.7

Mariano García’s final vintage at Vega Sicilia. What a great bottle.

The nose opens with damp forest floor, leather, cedar, and quiet red fruit; subtle, reserved, endlessly composed.

On the palate, it’s silk laid gently over structure: dried cherry, tobacco, graphite, and savory earth carried by fine-grain tannins and measured acidity.

The finish reads like the final lines of a great novel: inevitable, complete, and exactly as it should be. And already, there’s a touch of nostalgia, because I don’t know when I’ll encounter something like this again. — 5 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2019 | solid, although I have a faint idea it has had better times. — 3 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.1

2022/7/13-14. A mix of blue and red fruits, sun-blasted rock, toasted spice and wild herbs - a stimulating mix of the mountain and Mediterranean, in perhaps more extreme relief than in other Etna reds that I tend to drink. — 4 years ago