Community Tasting Notes 33

• gilrbo Likes this wine:

  December 26, 2021 - A serious wine in its prime, but with more years to go. Juicy, intense, deep and full-bodied, with silky but still grippy tannins and a touch of bitterness and almost ferrous taste on the finish. Excellent.

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• Winevestor Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 22, 2021 - Bright cherry nose. Medium body, strong fruit of more cherry, earth, leather, spice and plum. Still vibrant, early in its drinking window. Lovely wine, thought provoking but highly drinkable.

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• Collector1855 wrote: 94 points

  November 1, 2020 - Italian lunch & blind tasting. Great showing of this wine. Intense cherry aromas, earhty elements, pronounced tannins on the finish, very Italian in style, hard to tell apart from a Sangiovese.

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• PaulusLoZebra Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 22, 2020 - Unusually dark color for Etna, reminiscent of black current with red current edges. Decanted and served immediately, it was highly aromatic after just five minutes and continued to open up, reaching its maximum aromatic profile after about 45 minutes. The tannins also emerged gradually, and at the 1.5 hour mark it showed its full tannic self. Redolent of sweet dark fruits, smoke, leather, anise and lavender, with a captivating medicinal quality, the wine has a medium++ body, excellent, sappy acidity, and a very long, bittersweet, smokey and tannic finish. It has hints of dried fruits emerging. Silky and suave, this has many good years ahead. It is the biggest and most tannic Terre Nere wine that I can remember.
  
  Even though it was fragrant and delicious almost immediately, I would recommend that this be decanted for 1.5 hours and served with roast meat or full-bodied, creamy plates that can handle the tannin. Excellent QPR.

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• lifeattable wrote: 88 points

  July 12, 2020 - Roasty, meaty notes. Slightly jammy, borderline overripe fruit. Some oak influence evident but decently integrated. TBH this is the side of Etna wines that lose me a bit - prefer the brighter styles.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Tenuta delle Terre Nere
• Varietal Nerello Mascalese
• Designation Rosso
• Vineyard Feudo di Mezzo Il Quadro delle Rose
• Country Italy
• Region Sicily
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Etna DOC

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• In Cellars 72 (23%)
• Consumed 236 (76%)

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