2024 Tenuta delle Terre Nerre Etna Rosso Calderara Sottana
$ 180.00 AUD
A brilliant Nerello Mascalese grown on a completely rocky vineyard, specifically volcanic pumice, and sits at 600-700m asl in the region of Randazzo. This pumice attracts heat during the day and then emits it to the roots overnight. The steepest, hardest, rockiest vineyard and vines are between 50 and 100 years old. Only 3 vineyards on the northern side of the volcano have pure ancient volcanic soils, Bocca D’Orzo, San Lorenzo and Calderara Sottana. Though young by geological standards, this is the oldest type of soil where it is possible to plant in the entire appellation.
Region - Tuscany
Type - Red
Year - 2024
Winery - Best of Italy
Grape - Nerello Mascalese
Volume - Standard - 750ml
About the wine
Tasting notes
Soft and silky with a medium body, round and polished tannins and a long, flavourful finish. So poised and focused with a wonderful aftertaste of plums, berries, smoke and spices. Stunning
Wine descriptors
Captivating and Complex, Earthy and Savoury, Elegant and Fine, For the Cellar, Something Special, Vibrant and Exciting
Fruit aromas & flavour
Cherries, Plum, Red Berries
Other aromas & flavour
Earth, Minerality, Spices
Food pairings
Pork
Cheese
Pizza
Fish
Red Meat
Pasta
BBQ
Vegetables
Poultry
Shellfish
Oysters
Spicy Foods
Cured Meats
Desserts
Nerello Mascalese
A rare but much loved red grape variety grown on the volcanic soils of Mount Etna in Sicily. It's kind of like a cross between a Pinot Noir and a Nebbiolo...heavenly...and makes wines that are deliciously light-bodied but intensely flavoured with zingy red fruits, crunchy cherry, spicy cinnamon, dried herbals, zesty acidity, leather and a complex volcanic earthiness that sits underneath it all. A brilliant variety that is growing in popularity by the day!
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