Tenuta delle Terre Nere
Etna Bianco Carricante Blend
Etna, Catania, Sicily, Italy
Blend of blend of 60% Carricante, 25% Catarratto, 10% Grecanico and 5% Minnella, aged in French oak for 10 months. Pale lemon with aromas of stone and citrus fruits adding honeysuckle blossom. On the palate flavors of apple, apricot and lemon citrus with creamy vanilla wrapped in generous acidity, long finish ending with wet stone minerality. Nice!
Blend of blend of 60% Carricante, 25% Catarratto, 10% Grecanico and 5% Minnella, aged in French oak for 10 months. Pale lemon with aromas of stone and citrus fruits adding honeysuckle blossom. On the palate flavors of apple, apricot and lemon citrus with creamy vanilla wrapped in generous acidity, long finish ending with wet stone minerality. Nice!
Nov 21st, 2024
Vintage 2023 | juicy, minerals, good acidity
Vintage 2023 | juicy, minerals, good acidity
Nov 12th, 2024
Honeyed florals, candied ginger, fennel and crushed green apples form a spicy, inviting bouquet as the 2023 Etna Bianco opens in the glass. Ripe orchard fruit plays against a core of salty minerals and savory spices. The 2023 tapers off perfumed and long, leaving a pleasantly sour citrus tinge. $22.00 (Eric Guido, Vinous, July 2024)
Honeyed florals, candied ginger, fennel and crushed green apples form a spicy, inviting bouquet as the 2023 Etna Bianco opens in the glass. Ripe orchard fruit plays against a core of salty minerals and savory spices. The 2023 tapers off perfumed and long, leaving a pleasantly sour citrus tinge. $22.00 (Eric Guido, Vinous, July 2024)
Jul 16th, 2024Vintage 2018 | always a challenging choice, needs aeration to reveal its bouquet of minerals and vulcanic soil, citrus in balanced taste. Paired with salmon. At hotel Hohenzollern at Bad Neuenahr.
Vintage 2018 | always a challenging choice, needs aeration to reveal its bouquet of minerals and vulcanic soil, citrus in balanced taste. Paired with salmon. At hotel Hohenzollern at Bad Neuenahr.
Jul 12th, 2024Blend of blend of 60% Carricante, 25% Catarratto, 10% Grecanico and 5% Minnella, aged in French oak for 10 months. Pale lemon with aromas of stone and citrus fruits adding honeysuckle blossom. On the palate flavors of apple, apricot and lemon citrus with creamy vanilla wrapped in generous acidity, long finish ending with wet stone minerality. Nice!
Blend of blend of 60% Carricante, 25% Catarratto, 10% Grecanico and 5% Minnella, aged in French oak for 10 months. Pale lemon with aromas of stone and citrus fruits adding honeysuckle blossom. On the palate flavors of apple, apricot and lemon citrus with creamy vanilla wrapped in generous acidity, long finish ending with wet stone minerality. Nice!
Jun 3rd, 2024Vintage 2020 | not so much charm, character though
Vintage 2020 | not so much charm, character though
May 30th, 2023Delightful blend of citrus, seashell, smoke, Chablis in Sicily
Delightful blend of citrus, seashell, smoke, Chablis in Sicily
May 8th, 2023
High acidity. In your face. Tamed with food.
High acidity. In your face. Tamed with food.
Feb 13th, 2022White flowers, chalk, crushed rocks, canned peaches, peach pit, stone fruit forward, not long at all, somewhat non-descript, herbal/tarragon/thyme quality, medium acid
White flowers, chalk, crushed rocks, canned peaches, peach pit, stone fruit forward, not long at all, somewhat non-descript, herbal/tarragon/thyme quality, medium acid
Jan 2nd, 2022Blend of blend of 60% Carricante, 25% Catarratto, 10% Grecanico and 5% Minnella, aged in French oak for 10 months. Pale lemon with aromas of stone and citrus fruits adding honeysuckle blossom. On the palate flavors of apple, apricot and lemon citrus with creamy vanilla wrapped in generous acidity, long finish ending with wet stone minerality. Nice!
Blend of blend of 60% Carricante, 25% Catarratto, 10% Grecanico and 5% Minnella, aged in French oak for 10 months. Pale lemon with aromas of stone and citrus fruits adding honeysuckle blossom. On the palate flavors of apple, apricot and lemon citrus with creamy vanilla wrapped in generous acidity, long finish ending with wet stone minerality. Nice!
Jan 2nd, 2022