2019 Gambino Etna Tifeo Rosso

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  5/12/2023 - RBM656 wrote:

  drank with pizza

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  3/9/2023 - brybts wrote: 85 Points

  Overall: enjoyable, food-friendly light red that is refreshingly acidic. Okay QPR. My experience with Etna Rosso is limited so my tasting notes aren’t perfect here.
  
  Appearance: very light red with some earth tones; translucent
  
  Nose: fairly subtle and earthy, some freshly cut herbs like sage, some subtle wood influence I think but I’m not sure if this is an oaked wine. There is some sweetish-smelling dark fruit, like plumminess, that is buried under the other aromas.
  
  Palate: the acid is REALLY bright, like sour cherries, green raspberries, and cranberries. There is some tannin structure but it’s almost hard to detect because I’m mostly getting slapped in the mouth with acid. This really needs to be consumed with food, and was fine with pizza earlier tonight. The acid is refreshing, but the more I drink this the more it seems way out of balance. Some age might help. I’ve heard people say that Etna Rosso is like Italy’s burgundy, and although the wine is light and earthy, the acid is WAAAY more impactful here than anything I’ve experienced in similarly or slightly higher priced burgs or anything out of the pinot producing regions in the USA.
  
  Finish: my mouth is watering for quite a while because of the impact of the acid. It is drying as well. Not bitter. Long and fairly pleasant.

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