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Santo Spirito Etna Rosso Nerello Mascalese

9.019 ratings
9.09 pro ratings
Etna, Catania, Sicily, Italy
Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio
Top Notes For
Davis Smith

Sommelier Acquerello

9.2

Lot's of energy in this wine .

Lot's of energy in this wine .

Aug 29th, 2013
Peter Granoff MS

Master Sommelier, Founder/Partner Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant & Oxbow Cheese & Wine Merchant

9.8

Amazing how much Nerello Mascalese can resemble fine Pinot Noir --

Amazing how much Nerello Mascalese can resemble fine Pinot Noir --

Jul 8th, 2013
Rick K
9.3

Tar, underbrush, anise, rose, raspberry. Bracing but not aggressive tannins. Really nice. Not as exciting the second night, which leads me to think it's at or near its peak. I've got more, so let's do this @Larry Frierson !

Tar, underbrush, anise, rose, raspberry. Bracing but not aggressive tannins. Really nice. Not as exciting the second night, which leads me to think it's at or near its peak. I've got more, so let's do this @Larry Frierson !

May 18th, 2019
Randall Brater

Medium body. Went well with Italian fare.

Medium body. Went well with Italian fare.

Jan 9th, 2019
Fredybeans

Rubis légèrement Bruni . Nez sur les fruits noires épices figues. Attaque pleine dense suave. Épices tres present et gourmand par sa suavité . Note de cacao de figues. Petite rusticité tannique mais épices très très long

Rubis légèrement Bruni . Nez sur les fruits noires épices figues. Attaque pleine dense suave. Épices tres present et gourmand par sa suavité . Note de cacao de figues. Petite rusticité tannique mais épices très très long

Jan 8th, 2017
Tim Herrmann

This was on its A-game straight out of the bottle: some dried blackberries and cherries, but mostly smokey, mineral, and delicious volcanic ASH! The tannins have softened and there's just enough acidity to balance them--in a great place to drink now.

This was on its A-game straight out of the bottle: some dried blackberries and cherries, but mostly smokey, mineral, and delicious volcanic ASH! The tannins have softened and there's just enough acidity to balance them--in a great place to drink now.

Aug 15th, 2015
Manny Abascal

Burgundy Barolo marriage. Becoming one of my favorite Italian regions

Burgundy Barolo marriage. Becoming one of my favorite Italian regions

Mar 22nd, 2015
Emp Ty
8.2

Dry Italian with some tannin and fruit

Dry Italian with some tannin and fruit

Aug 9th, 2014
EatSommThings (Jimmy)

EatSommThings had this 8 years ago

EatSommThings had this 8 years ago

Feb 11th, 2016
Sean Nelson

Sean had this 10 years ago

Sean had this 10 years ago

Oct 18th, 2014