A few years back I bought
a couple of Terre Nere wines from Etna region on Sicily. Over the
years I tasted plenty of their wines during several occasions and was
pretty much always quite pleased about their entire collection. That
might have been a good reason which explains the acquisition of more
than just (my) regular amount of bottles. Or maybe it was the seductive
phrase on the back label: “Borgogna del Mediterrano”. Who knows? Doesn't matter anyway! Today I would like to start with the entry
level red Cru from Terre Nere. The Etna Rosso 2008 was made from younger
Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Mantellato (in later vintage this one was
substituted by Nerello Cappuccio) vines from the steep volcanic (obviously!) slopes of Mount Etna. The higher qualities are
produced from 40 to 140 year old autochtonous vines! What else to know? Aging took place in large French oak and cultivation following organic principles since 2002. Let's check it
out:
