2024 Tenuta della Terre Nere Etna Rosso, Sicily, Italy
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ABOUT THE WINE
This Etna Rosso brings together Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from vineyards around Castiglione di Sicilia and Randazzo. The estate combines younger and older vines on varied volcanic soils along the north side of Mount Etna, making the cuvée an introduction to the area’s diversity rather than a single-contrada bottling.
Following fermentation and skin maceration, the wine matures in wood before bottling. Terre Nere describes the cuvée’s defining qualities as fragrance, freshness, a slender shape and balanced tannin. The 2024’s red-fruit, floral and spice character suits roast chicken, grilled mushrooms or pasta with tomato and eggplant.
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
Tenuta delle Terre Nere began producing and bottling wine in 2002. Its approach draws attention to Etna’s distinct vineyard districts, or contrade, whose identities reflect separate lava flows, differing elevations and strong changes in temperature between day and night.
The estate has bottled contrada wines separately from its first harvest and helped formalize recognition of Etna’s historic vineyard areas. Its work centers on expressing those differences clearly, with a range that spans the approachable Etna bottlings and more specific vineyard selections.