2015 Terra Costantino Etna deAetna Rosso

Community Tasting Notes (2) Median Score: 88 points

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  4/15/2018 - maxima wrote: 88 Points

  Bu avec Sylvie et Carol, beau produit différent et soyeux.
  Fait de nerellos mascalese et cappuccio.
  Le nez est sur la terre, les prunes et les épices.
  EN bouche, fin et élégant avec de belles saveurs de fumées, de muscade et de sang avec les prunes et les cerises qui viennent en millieu.
  Finale assez courte mais tout en soie et en raffinement.

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  1/15/2018 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 88 Points

  An attractive Etna Rosso DOC that takes a half hour to open up and show its stuff. I'm still looking for the clues I need to identify nerello mascalese blind, a task I regretfully find gets harder with age (mine, not the wine's!). Color is a much better indicator initially than anything else, because the wines tend towards a lighter, Burgundian pinot color. Then the nose smells nothing like pinot, so you're left looking for alternatives. Once it unfolds a bit, there are aromas of red fruits, and though it's probably flat out wrong, something I might describe as strawberry/pomegranate, backed by the assertive volcanic minerality that inflects most all Etna wines. Again, not Burgundian or nebbiolo-like. On the palate it's light to medium bodied, somewhat tart and earthy, and finishes with raspy but not heavy tannins. I would like a little more fruit and concentration, but for about $20 I'm happy for some typicity and I'm not really complaining. 90% mascalese, 10% capuccio, 35 yr. old vines, hand-harvested, and 13.5% (from the helpful back label). Enjoyed it much more than a critically acclaimed Passopisciaro Rosso I recently had, so I'm hoping that was an off bottle.
  
  Edit after posting: figlio di puttano, che coglione! What moron posted this as nero d'avola? I'll appeal to the cellartracker gods and see if it can be changed for posterity.

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