Etna, Catania, Sicily, Italy
Vintage 2019 | from the rather obscure carricante grape, what an effort! Floral smell, seabreeze! Nice bitters. Bought some for cellaring.
Vintage 2019 | from the rather obscure carricante grape, what an effort! Floral smell, seabreeze! Nice bitters. Bought some for cellaring.
Nov 30th, 2023
Will always drink 🌋 wine, and this is one of my favorites
Will always drink 🌋 wine, and this is one of my favorites
Nov 14th, 2021
This absolutely rocks. Layers of texture and richness perfectly balanced with zippy volcanic acid.
This absolutely rocks. Layers of texture and richness perfectly balanced with zippy volcanic acid.
Jan 12th, 2021
Mix of beautiful yellow flower, green/underripe tropical fruits, anise-laden herbs and distinctive minerality. Palate shows its barrel upbringing, adding flesh and richness. You could argue it’s too much, but I think the earth, salty zippy, and herbal notes carry through enough to bring it all together. Underripe pineapple, green papaya, yellow plum, yellow flowers, green almond, fennel fronds, wormwood, salt, crushed rock, malo (?), tea leaves. A serious effort that pays off IMO
Mix of beautiful yellow flower, green/underripe tropical fruits, anise-laden herbs and distinctive minerality. Palate shows its barrel upbringing, adding flesh and richness. You could argue it’s too much, but I think the earth, salty zippy, and herbal notes carry through enough to bring it all together. Underripe pineapple, green papaya, yellow plum, yellow flowers, green almond, fennel fronds, wormwood, salt, crushed rock, malo (?), tea leaves. A serious effort that pays off IMO
May 15th, 2019White grapefruit and seawater
White grapefruit and seawater
Mar 16th, 2019
Wow, this is really very very good!
Yellow flowers, apricot, lemon curd, iodine, lovely touch of almond skin bitterness, good citric acidity, mountanous minerality, saline nuances in the loooong aftertaste. Very complex stuff, and very harmonious and well balanced, too. Stylistically somewhere inbetween a Pessac and a Puligny.
Highly recommended.
Wow, this is really very very good!
Yellow flowers, apricot, lemon curd, iodine, lovely touch of almond skin bitterness, good citric acidity, mountanous minerality, saline nuances in the loooong aftertaste. Very complex stuff, and very harmonious and well balanced, too. Stylistically somewhere inbetween a Pessac and a Puligny.
Highly recommended.
There’s an airy and inviting freshness to the 2019 Etna Bianco Calderara Sottana that pulls you close to the glass, as a nuanced display of dusty dried flowers, cardamom, crushed stone and honeyed orchard fruits comes forward over time. It’s silky and seductive on the palate, showing a pretty inner sweetness, with ripe pear giving way to notes of almond as inner florals amass toward the close. Minerals and hints of citrus sizzle throughout the long finale under an enriching air of custard. As beautiful as this is today, it will only get better over time. Simply stunning. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2021)
There’s an airy and inviting freshness to the 2019 Etna Bianco Calderara Sottana that pulls you close to the glass, as a nuanced display of dusty dried flowers, cardamom, crushed stone and honeyed orchard fruits comes forward over time. It’s silky and seductive on the palate, showing a pretty inner sweetness, with ripe pear giving way to notes of almond as inner florals amass toward the close. Minerals and hints of citrus sizzle throughout the long finale under an enriching air of custard. As beautiful as this is today, it will only get better over time. Simply stunning. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2021)
Very Chablis like... more please!
Very Chablis like... more please!
1 person found it helpfulDec 28th, 2019Chablis of the Mediterranean
Chablis of the Mediterranean
1 person found it helpfulMay 18th, 2019
All finesse, perfectly dialed in oak, Bosc pear, lemon, crystalline finish. Very much references puligny, but far more evolved upon release.
All finesse, perfectly dialed in oak, Bosc pear, lemon, crystalline finish. Very much references puligny, but far more evolved upon release.
1 person found it helpfulJun 16th, 2017
