Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 91.5 points

  • Some time in the cellar has brought this wine almost to the next level. Now quite complex with pine, paintbox, cedar, cherries, rosemary, sage, sloanberries etc. i can go on. An impression of a warm garden in a conifer forest. Good lenght, well balanced, elegant without any rough edges. There is tannin but just enough to give some support and structure. Maybe hints of smoke but a lot less than I remember from its youth. Drinking very well now and will probably hold for another 10+ years without problems. Decanted for about 60 minutes, drunk over another 90.

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  • Good color. Reticent nose. Tight. Dark red fruit - not much else. In contrast great attack on entry - acid in particular in very evident driving the palate forward. Grippy tannin - drying the gums. But also beautifully cool ripe red fruit with some complexity. Pure. Quite primary still. Medium weight. Today - with almost no air - the structural elements hold sway. Consistent with the notes of others below, I suggest a very long decant or wait five or ten years. Will surely be very good. Serious wine for the price point. Bought on release. Hold.

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  • Clear dark red color. Tight on opening, with just hints of dark fruit. After an hour in the decanter developed dark cherry and a bit of smokey complexity. After 2 hours the lighter red fruits emerged. Middle weight, nice acidity, some tannic structure beneath. Good complexity on the finish. A fine food accompaniment when looking for a lighter weight red with good fruit and a clean mouth feel.

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  • Terre Nere’s 2010 Etna Rosso Guardiola at age ten has a transparent ruby color with a darker core, and is just beginning to show some age at the edge. It was decanted and at first was closed tight, with prominent tannins. After 30 minutes a delicious sweetness emerged along with some characteristic Etna aromas, but it did not reach its full elegant self until the end of the evening and was, in fact, better on night two. It is a light-weight wine, but with imposing flavors and structure. If in normal times Etna reds from Nerello Mascalese get compared with Nebbiolo wines from Piemonte, Sangiovese wines from Chianti, and Pinot Noir wines from Burgundy, this wine is definitely Nebbiolo-like. It is austere and structured, with some bright red fruit flavors, lip-smacking acidity, and very prominent tannins. This wine is much more about flavor than aroma, and much more about salinity and minerality than about fruit. It absolutely needs food. As mentioned, even better on night two. Very good QPR.

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  • Corked. Bummer

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  • Typical translucent Nerello Mascalese color, with dark hints. Closed, tight upon opening, after one hour it opened up to a big, complex mixture of fragrances: spring blossoms, crushed strawberry and raspberry, minerals, fruit brandy, earth. Excellent but understated acidity, high-toned, great delineation and structure, light, silky mouth-feel, mid-weight, very long finish. Big aromas and flavors in a light, airy package. Prominent tannin; that shouldn't have surprised me, as I find that to be a characteristic of Terre Nere's Etna reds, but I was expecting the tannin to be more integrated at this stage, and I dropped it a point for that reason. So it is going to be very interesting to see what happens to this wine, and that tannin, with further age.

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  • Drank this too early probably, either off bottle or in a tunnel and not finding its way out, thin, green, discombobulated. Ended up cooking some small onions in the last part of the bottle.

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  • Lovely, balanced, resolved red fruit with some dried spice, long finish. Shows some age and some resolution to the palate, but not that exciting overall. Canton Lounge.

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  • As lovely as during last tasting. The most amazing feature of this effort is the fruit. It is so expressive, yet very delicate and has an almost subtle way of exposing itself. There are red currant, cherry and lovely lime zest but also the very typical tones of lava and earth. All combined into a stunning whole. The palate adds nicely to the overall experience with perfect balance, but still rather harsh silky tannins. I am confident the wine will integrate even better with time. The length on the finish lasts som 50 seconds and adds that little extra oohmpff. An amazing wine!

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  • Consumed across two days. On the first day it was tight, tight, tight. Really quite austere but smokey and loaded with minerals. On the second day it really unfolded to show much more depth of fruit with zingy acidity. These wines are really just fantastically fresh and delicious with sneaky complexity.

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  • Nose is very tight, but on the palate this is extremely well made, elegant, silky, and with a fantastic freshness and purity. I think this is a keeper - should only improve over the next 10 yrs.

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  • Very muted and restrained. Clear tones of smoky lava. Most likely 3-5 % corked which makes it impossible to write a proper Tasting Note.

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  • G5 - Variety is the Spice of Life (Juliette): Blind. This sat out all day and was still very wrapped up. Color reminded me of a Pinot noir and the fruit was red. The wine is very coarse and significant complexity. Very interesting and I enjoyed it. Medium plus finish with the oak showing as light coffee. Advice, if drinking now then open the night before. No fear of this wine falling apart.

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  • This was really good, hit me just right. Tasted blind. Lighter ruby colored. Aromatics of florals, potpourri, fresh berry. Raspberry, dried flower, watermelon jolly rancher, strawberry--just a lot of fresh red fruits that come across in a balanced way. Dusty finish. Terrific.

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  • kokta grönsaker, paprika och salmiak på näsan,

    sen stod det inget mer i mina notes men det var förvånande gott.

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  • The Guardiola is a wine I could probably write a book about. I will refrain from that tonight, but still - what a wine this is! The nose provides deep intense lava tones, red fruit, subtle cherry and red grapefruit adjoined by an elegant but very expressive palate. Acidity, fruit and tannins are in perfect harmony and sings the most beautiful song one could ever imagine. This wine is a super effort which boasts of tender love and care in the vineyard and winery. It is for sure elegant and actually measures up to high quality efforts from Burgundy. The Guardiola is a wine I could recommend to anyone in doubt of the quality level of Etna wines! This particular vintage will benefit from a few more years in the cellar, but if you do not mind a few hard edges it drinks perfectly today too - after some aeration.

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  • Do not be mistaken, this is not Grand Vin and it never will be. Yet, it is brilliantly mind boggling and one of the most complex and elegant wines available from Etna. The 2010 Guardiola is pure youth at present, still it exhibits the wonderful lava perfume adjoined by subtle morellos and subtle strawberry. The palate reveals velvety like tannins, which are more on the harsh side but still very soft. The acidity is perfect - as is the overall experience. This is a true beauty which will develop into a swan given some time. The wines from Tenuta delle Terre Nere keep impressing me over and over again. There is absolutely no doubt they are made with great love and a skillful hand. Bravo!

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  • Lovely aromatics of red fruit skins and blossoms. The fruit is denser than the entry level Etna Rosso, and there is some toasted oak. Nice complexity, and a reasonable value at $38, outshining quite a few $70 Burgundies I have tried lately. A few extra points on the score just for the aromatics alone.

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  • Holy moley, this is just great. Tart and leathery. It has the weight of a Pinot, but there is an acidic edge that leans to Italy and an earthy edge that hearkens to the Rhone. Yum!

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  • A wonderful expression of this super wine. The 010 Guardiola reveals an abundance of complexity despite being so young. The sandy lava like nose is surrounded by a thick velvety veil of mature red fruits. Adding to this is thyme and sage. The palate is perfectly balanced and will integrate with some more time in the cellar. Compared to the 09 Guardiola, the 010 reveals ample compared to somewhat restrained fruit. It is also a little bit more dense and compact. Still, this wine is a perfect acquaintance for any Pinot Noir lover. She or he would certainly be surprised.

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  • As always a brilliant wine which is certainly light on its feet but has an intrinsic depth and an amazing balance. The nose offers abundant minerals and subtle volcanic "ash" combined with red currant and smooth cherries. The palate is nicely balanced with close to no tannins but a better integration is yet to be revealed. My guess is a year or two in the cellar will help - and make the wine even more delicious than it is today. A master effort worth trying out!

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  • This vintage carries much more fruit than the 09. Yet the deference to terroir is always there. Another brilliant Etna wine that will drink well for a decade. Kudos.

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  • Nez interéssant, sinon rien de spécial

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  • Retailer tasting: Complex bouquet with flowers, minerals, red fruits, green herbs and earthiness. On the palate a somewhat sweet start, a lot of ripe red fruit juice, sweet spices from the oak, some earthiness and minerals and drying tannin. Early drinking stage now, probably a bit better around 2015, but not for extreme long ageing. 90+

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