Community Tasting Note

Oh Dae-su wrote:

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - The Etna Rosso's colour appeared pretty much Borgogna-Pinot-Ruby-Rosso. The vital nose impressed with very lively fragrances of not all too dried dark cherries. Some juiciness was still evident. Besides this fruitful character I got very solid fragrances of young juniper, black pepper, moist clay (?), traces of undergrowth and who would have thought: matches – freshly ignited matches! Concerning the nose - those back lable Borgogna associations faded a bit. The actual scents of the Etna Rosso were overall a bit too ripe and probably far too spicy and maybe even raunchy to mistake them with a Burgundy Pinot Noir. The taste wasn't as wild and earthy as the nasal impressions. There was quite a buttload of intriguingly fruitful succulence in this wine. Still a bit wild and spicy, but brimful with very charming and slightly sweet dark cherry fruit and ripe bramble flavours. It was almost a bit too liqueur'y and warm - not alcoholic! But just – almost! In this case I enjoyed this warm and mellow feature very much. I guess, this had to do with its very well balanced acid structure and its still rather juvenile appearing tannins. There was a sertain drive to those! The finish was surprisingly long, but not as shifty and complex as I would expect it from a grand Pinot di Borgogna. Oh, back to those back label connotations! Well, to me that does not matter at all! First: because this wine has - apart of some structural similarities - not so much to do with Pinot Noir and second: considering its already great quality it'll be very keen to demand more complexity! With a price of 9 Euros it is shockingly reasonable and I can't imagine how to expect more out of this great wine! For sure a very decent ***** experience and compared to other vintages of the Rosso Etna from Terre Nere far more substantial, more concentrated and less thin'ish playful! Maybe the Nerello Mantanello share? I dunno ….!

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