Benanti
Pietra Marina Etna Bianco Superiore Carricante
Etna, Catania, Sicily, Italy
The 2017 Etna Bianco Superiore Pietra Marina makes itself known with a beguiling bouquet that blends crushed oyster shells with rosemary, young apricot and hints of smoke. It’s deeply textural and elegant in feel, with ripe pit fruits that cascade across a core of zesty acids, as nuances of green citrus pinch at the cheeks. This leaves the palate buzzing with residual energy; fresh melon tones linger and are framed by a coating of salty minerality. While the 2017 shows a bit of extra ripeness from the warm vintage, it does so in such a seductive and balanced way. This is top-shelf Etna Bianco by every scope of the imagination. The Pietra Marina is an old-vines selection of Carricante from the Rinazzo Contrada on Etna’s eastern slope. It refines for 24 months on the lees in stainless steel vats prior to bottling. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2022)
The 2017 Etna Bianco Superiore Pietra Marina makes itself known with a beguiling bouquet that blends crushed oyster shells with rosemary, young apricot and hints of smoke. It’s deeply textural and elegant in feel, with ripe pit fruits that cascade across a core of zesty acids, as nuances of green citrus pinch at the cheeks. This leaves the palate buzzing with residual energy; fresh melon tones linger and are framed by a coating of salty minerality. While the 2017 shows a bit of extra ripeness from the warm vintage, it does so in such a seductive and balanced way. This is top-shelf Etna Bianco by every scope of the imagination. The Pietra Marina is an old-vines selection of Carricante from the Rinazzo Contrada on Etna’s eastern slope. It refines for 24 months on the lees in stainless steel vats prior to bottling. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2022)
Lemony. Saline, flinty stones, dried flowers. Savory.
Lemony. Saline, flinty stones, dried flowers. Savory.
Mar 1st, 2022Great sea spray salinity with a bit of bite at first. Leaving the bottle to warm up and take some air gave it a rounder edge. Enjoyed with Hokkaido scallop and osetra caviar, and then a Cesar with boquerones. Tasty!
Great sea spray salinity with a bit of bite at first. Leaving the bottle to warm up and take some air gave it a rounder edge. Enjoyed with Hokkaido scallop and osetra caviar, and then a Cesar with boquerones. Tasty!
Jul 1st, 2023
Viscous, lots of green notes, bright but somehow dense too. Some creamy note.
Viscous, lots of green notes, bright but somehow dense too. Some creamy note.
Jul 22nd, 2022
