2014 Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso PrePhylloxera La Vigna di Don Peppino

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  7/16/2023 - Rollerball wrote:

  Stunning. Hits the pleasure receptors and hits intellectually. Very sophisticated. A (if not THE) benchmark Etna Rosso in a benchmark vintage. The tannins and texture must be experienced to be believed. The powdery fruit offers both verve and sweet comfort. Wonderful shifting and flow of sents and flavors over several hours. 130-year old vines.
  
  I’d say it’s a bargain at this tier of world class, unique wines. But considering that the first of the two bottles I opened today was corked, I’m not sure if that statement holds at double the price.

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  7/16/2023 - Rollerball wrote: flawed

  Badly corked. Very disappointing.

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  7/12/2023 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  This special bottling of Calderara Sottana is 100% Nerello Mascalese from two prephylloxeric parcels totaling to 0,8 ha in the 4-hectare contrada Calderara Sottana, located on the contrada's corner closest to the esteemed, higher-altitude contrada Calderara. Considering how phylloxera arrived on Etna in 1881, these ungrafted vines must have been at least 133 years old by the time of making the wine. Aged for 14 months in a combination of French oak barriques and tonneaux, then blended together and aged for another month in stainless steel tanks. 14,5% alcohol. Total production 4,000 bottles.
  
  Deep, dark and slightly translucent ruby-red color. The nose feels beautifully perfumed and captivating with youthful, somewhat sweet-toned aromas of ripe black cherries and heady wild flowers, some raspberry marmalade tones, a little bit of violets, light strawberry nuances, a hint of raw red meat and a touch of juicy boysenberry. The wine feels dense and concentrated on the palate yet still surprisingly airy in texture with a rather full body and ripe yet not particularly sunny flavors of juicy dark berries and fresh black cherries, some bilberry tones, a little bit of raspberry marmalade, light savory notes of meaty umami, stony hints of mineral spice and a floral touch of violets. The alcohol does show a tiny bit, but not too much. The overall feel is balanced and pretty muscular with its moderately high acidity and ample and moderately grippy yet not aggressive tannins. The finish is long, juicy and somewhat grippy with a nuanced aftertaste of bilberries and raspberry marmalade, some floral notes of violets, a little bit of strawberry juice, light stony mineral notes, a savory hint of meaty umami and a touch of fresh black cherries.
  
  A fantastic, characterful and vibrant Etna Rosso that is loaded with power, freshness, nuance and elegance. It's crazy how we had a fantastic bottle of Armand Rousseau Clos de la Roche right before this wine, yet nobody felt this was any lesser of a wine. Sure, the wines were different both aromatically and from a weight or ripeness point of view, but both the wines showed similar sense of finesse, balance and complexity that it would've been impossible to put one wine before the other, qualitatively speaking. This stunning wine is drinking mighty well right now, but as it doesn't really show much if any aged qualities, I have no trouble believing this wine will continue to age, evolve and improve effortlessly for another decade or so. Priced somewhat according to its quality at 79,98€.

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  12/9/2022 - Dionysos 1920 wrote: 93 Points

  Couleur claire, assez brillante, proche d'un pinot noir ou d'un Nebbiolo, thym, épices, sous-bois, bouche équilibrée, fruitée mais un peu métallique, encore très tannique tannique, manque un peu de magie, un bon vin à consommer d'ici une dizaine d'années.

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  6/26/2022 - Ebrim Likes this wine: 94 Points

  The wine is clear, medium ruby transparent core, medium watery rim, developing
  
  Nose is clean, forest flor, mushrooms, cherries, fruit stone, herbs hint of mint and thyme, hint of aceton, medium intense, developing
  
  Palate is dry, medium+ acidity and tannins, medium alcohol, and body, medium+ flavour-intensity and high dry-extract with aromas of dark cherries, redcurrant, forestflor and mushrooms, long finish
  
  Very well balanced, long finish, intese in many ways with lots of tannins and acidity, alcohol borderline m/m+, deep complexity and high concentration. Outstanding quality with a long potential for ageing, 94p+ with an upside

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