Sicily
Where once Sicilian wine meant Marsala, nowadays Sicily is quite a popular source of good table wine. It’s a long way south, but the heat of the Mediterranean is tempered by the altitude in central Sicily, particularly around Mount Etna.
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2022 NERO D'AVOLA Rosso Le Casematte
IGP Terre Sicilliane Sicily Italy 14% Red
Nero d'Avola.
Bright fresh fruits, raspberry, blueberry and cherry flesh. Sleek and joyous in the mouth with fresh woodland fruits, boysenberry and damson, some cocoa powder adding complexity.
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2022 PELORO Rosso Le Casematte
IGP Terre Sicilliane Sicily Italy 13% Red
Nerello Mascalese, Nocera.
Spicy cherry, damson and a gently peppery perfume on the nose. In the mouth the wine is succulent, lovely ripe fruit weight, darker aspect, woodland fruits, generous but balanced with a rich tannic frame and fabulous bol...(read more)
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2020 MOFETE ETNA ROSSO Palmento Costanzo
Etna Sicily Italy 13% Red
Nerello Cappucio, Nerello Mascalese.
An engaging bright fruitiness on the nose, definitely red in profile, with a crisp edge, cranberry, damson and sour cherry. A lively acid underpins a nicely sleek red fruit palate, again sour cherry and damson, with ripe...(read more)
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2020 NERO DI SEI ETNA ROSSO Palmento Costanzo
Etna Sicily Italy 13% Red
Nerello Cappucio, Nerello Mascalese.
A slightly deeper fruit on the nose, cherry, damson and raspberry, earthy and delicately spicy. Tannins are present but sleek, underpinned by a bright acid with woodland fruits overlaid with spice.
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2020 ALBERELLI DI GIODO Nerello Mascalese
IGT Terre Siciliane Sicily Italy 14% Red
Nerello Mascalese.
Carlo Ferrini's 2020 Sicilia Nerello Mascalese opens to a beautiful ruby hue and an elegantly lean appearance. The wine delivers tart cherry fruit, cassis, blue flower, iron ore and orange peel. These various layers come...(read more)
Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate (www.robertparker.com)ORDER
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