2018 Passopisciaro Passorosso
Community Tasting Note
HettermannWine Likes this wine:
Thursday, December 14, 2023 - A longtime favorite of mine, and it always drinks a little more linear than some of the other Etna big guns like Tere Nere, Benanti, Planeta, etc.
Poured a glass for a friend who typically likes lighter wines but gravitates towards old world meets new world Pinots from SB, Oregon, Hawkes Bay, etc. He enjoyed it, but made multiple comments about how dry and “serious” it was. Made me realize that Etna reds, even for those who enjoy “light and mineral” wines, can be over-powering in their intense and musing dryness. These wines do not play around, even with 5 years of age like this one. Not as much of a crowd pleaser as I always anticipate it will be, but still one of my favorite wines of all time.
Nose: wet gravel, stewed raspberries without sugar added, dry fall air
Palate: underripe red fruit, dry amaro notes, graphite, smoked sea salt
Age: 5 years- drinking well but could easily go 3-4 more years and develop further complexities
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Comment posted by ShakinSwedens:
12/14/2023 3:32:00 PM - Your review resonated with me! I love this- the jumping off point for me for so much of what I love drinking. Interesting to be reminded that one man’s easy drinker is another’s austere challenging wine.