Tenuta delle Terre Nere
Prephylloxera La Vigna di Don Peppino Etna Rosso Nerello Mascalese Nerello Cappuccio
Etna, Catania, Sicily, Italy
Popped and poured; no formal notes. This was opened during a wild night of nerdy bacchanalian excess and from what I recall, it was absolutely gorgeous in an Italy meets Burgundy sort of way. It was elegant and transparent…and yet had palpable substance, depth and class. I’ve had many of the single contrada wines produced by Tenuta delle Terre Nere but never before the Prephylloxera wines. That being said, I recently enjoyed the 2019 “Moganazzi” and this was a noticeable step up. The fruit for the “La Vigna di Don Peppino” comes from less than a hectare of ungrafted vines from the “Calderara Sottana” contrada. These vines date back to the 1880’s or earlier; which is bananas. This was flat out gorgeous and had me dreaming about trying this again in 2033. The quality is undeniable; showing well in its youth but this will be more complete after 2028.
Popped and poured; no formal notes. This was opened during a wild night of nerdy bacchanalian excess and from what I recall, it was absolutely gorgeous in an Italy meets Burgundy sort of way. It was elegant and transparent…and yet had palpable substance, depth and class. I’ve had many of the single contrada wines produced by Tenuta delle Terre Nere but never before the Prephylloxera wines. That being said, I recently enjoyed the 2019 “Moganazzi” and this was a noticeable step up. The fruit for the “La Vigna di Don Peppino” comes from less than a hectare of ungrafted vines from the “Calderara Sottana” contrada. These vines date back to the 1880’s or earlier; which is bananas. This was flat out gorgeous and had me dreaming about trying this again in 2033. The quality is undeniable; showing well in its youth but this will be more complete after 2028.
Apr 30th, 2023
