Terre Siciliane Nerello Mascalese

Organically farmed, Feudo Montoni is located rather in the middle of the island, surrounded by grains at a goodly elevation where it makes a variety of wines from Grillo to Nero d’Avola, but I was especially charmed by the Nerello Mascalese. Utterly both gulpable and savorable, translucent ruby, light in tannins, big in herbals, giving off anise almost as if Gamay, but more herbal. As time passes, fleeting winds of smoke and earth fly through and dissipate like they were never there. The acid is a dream, the tannins teasers. It finishes sapid and calls for another sip.