2004 Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Guardiola

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  1/26/2017 - pgb67 wrote: flawed

  Unfortunately this was not a good drinking experience - seems passed peak and heading down fast. Funky aromas and taste - maybe leather is the predominant note I can pick up - but it's not a pleasant leather either - more like an old belt found deep in your closet!

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  4/2/2016 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 91 Points

  A couple of Italians and an amazing Martinelli Zin :-0 (Pranzo's): A nice showing for this wine. At age 10 it seems to be doing just fine. No idea where this goes from here, but certainly no harm in drinking now. Ruby in color. The nose has nice cherries with a charred earth quality. On the palate, nice acidity. Works well with food. Not a profound wine, but deep and some complexity. Very nice dinner wine.

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  12/3/2014 - Ludi wrote:

  Granato di media compattezza. Inizialmente il naso sfoggia sentori di prugna, cappero, cuoio, pellame nobile, pepe nero e macis, note balsamiche e fumè, con carattere nettamente scuso. Più giocoso in bocca, con tannino fermo ma vellutato e lunga persistenza su note di ginepro e cenere. Dopo mezz’ora nel bicchiere si sfalda ed ossida

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  11/6/2012 - redwhiteandrich wrote: 88 Points

  By the time the tannins get under control the fruit will have left, so much potential. There is plenty of a volcanic mineral here and a hint of funk.

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  10/2/2012 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 87 Points

  Well, I liberated a bottle of 2004 Guardiola from storage last night and opened it with a baked ziti. After some of the notes on the boards I was surprised to see it in such good shape, although I understand the disappointment with how it's developed. The promise when this wine was young was that it would become a showcase for that rocky, volcanic mineral element, which seemed to lurk somewhere under all that tannin, but that's not a factor anymore. The good news is that the tannin has really relaxed its grip and while it still seems a little edgy at first it seems to melt away as the bottle warms to room temperature. The flavors are definitely advanced for a wine just 6 years or so in the cellar but not in the category of oxidized or falling apart, in fact it feels very solid even though the fruit has mellowed and started to brick, it just has a leathery quality to it that usually connotes something older.

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