Bonavita
Faro Nerello Blend
Messina, Sicily, Italy
The 2017 Faro is spicy and perfumed, the violet and rose tones giving way to peppery herbs, earthy minerals and musky black cherry. Its fleshy and enveloping textures are well balanced by zesty acids, as waves of tart wild berries and sour citrus wash across the palate, leaving a tactile mix of minerals and grippy tannins in their wake. This tapers off lightly structured and with a pretty inner sweetness, resonating on a vivid note of salted black licorice. The 2017 could use a few more months to a year to come fully into focus. Bonavita’s Faro is a blend of Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio and Nocera that is refined for 24 months in a combination of 30-hectoliter oak barrels, cement and steel. In a word, spellbinding. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2021)
The 2017 Faro is spicy and perfumed, the violet and rose tones giving way to peppery herbs, earthy minerals and musky black cherry. Its fleshy and enveloping textures are well balanced by zesty acids, as waves of tart wild berries and sour citrus wash across the palate, leaving a tactile mix of minerals and grippy tannins in their wake. This tapers off lightly structured and with a pretty inner sweetness, resonating on a vivid note of salted black licorice. The 2017 could use a few more months to a year to come fully into focus. Bonavita’s Faro is a blend of Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio and Nocera that is refined for 24 months in a combination of 30-hectoliter oak barrels, cement and steel. In a word, spellbinding. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2021)
Fresh and juicy, yet chewy and grippy, cranberry, strawberry, and florals with subtle whiffs of earthy mushrooms and aged leather, with bright acids and not-over strong black tea tannins on the palate for very good balance. Great value
Fresh and juicy, yet chewy and grippy, cranberry, strawberry, and florals with subtle whiffs of earthy mushrooms and aged leather, with bright acids and not-over strong black tea tannins on the palate for very good balance. Great value
Mar 25th, 2023
Flowers, damp earth, cherry and cranberry, mineral, bright acid, fine grippy tannin ⚡️
Flowers, damp earth, cherry and cranberry, mineral, bright acid, fine grippy tannin ⚡️
May 14th, 2021
Nerello- och Cappuccio Mascalese tillsammans med lokala druvan Nocera från DOC:n Faro, nordöstra spetsen av Sicilien. 17 var varm årgång, men den här har en sval härlig karaktär. Syrliga bär, chark, peppar, körsbärskärna, småcitrus, rosor i många delikata smaklager. Små fina tannin och elektricitet i avslutet. Så god något sval.
Nerello- och Cappuccio Mascalese tillsammans med lokala druvan Nocera från DOC:n Faro, nordöstra spetsen av Sicilien. 17 var varm årgång, men den här har en sval härlig karaktär. Syrliga bär, chark, peppar, körsbärskärna, småcitrus, rosor i många delikata smaklager. Små fina tannin och elektricitet i avslutet. Så god något sval.
Jan 22nd, 2021