2018 NERO DI SEI ETNA ROSSO Palmento Costanzo, Lea & Sandeman

NERO DI SEI ETNA ROSSO

2018 Palmento Costanzo

Grapes Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappucio
Colour Red
Origin Italy, Sicily
District Etna
ABV 13.5%

80% Nerello Mascalese with 20% Nerello Cappuccio, from vines high up on Etna between 30 and 120 years old. Aged in large oak foudres. Ruby red, with intense fruit as and mineral notes finished with velvet-smooth tannins. L&S (Jul 2022)


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90% Nerello Mascalese, 10% Nerello Capuccio. Certified organic. Fermented in tronconic oak vats and aged in Stockinger foudres. Mid to light bricky red. Herbs and wild red fruits, wild strawberry and a note of crushed stones. Very dry tannins, made drier by the high acidity. Slightly chalky texture. Demanding wine at the extreme end of Etna style. Still tight and youthful. (JH) 13.5% Drinking range: 2025 - 2032 Rating: 16.5+ Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2023)

The 2018 Etna Rosso Nero di Sei is spicy and floral, with dusty rose, crushed ashen stones and dried cherries forming its bouquet. This comes across as quite transparent and lifted on the palate, with bright red fruits and juicy acidity, yet I find myself craving more depth. The 2018 finishes fresh yet with a subtle tug of youthful tannin. The Nero di Sei, a blend of 80% Nerello Mascalese and 20% Nerello Cappuccio, is very pretty, but it leaves me longing. Drinking range: 2022 - 2025 Rating: 87 Eric Guido, www.vinous.com (Jun 2022)

Palmento Costanzo

A property of 14 hectares in Contrada Santo Spirito, Passopisciaro, on the northern slopes of Etna. 10 hectares are planted with vines on walled terraces on volcanic rocks between 600-800 metres altitude. The Costanzos came here in 2011 - they are from Catania - and meticulously restored the palmento (the word for the olive millstone which gave the farm its name). The vineyards are planted employing the ‘gobelet' method and farmed organically. The 2017’s are certified organic. This is an amazing new project which has been given all the investment and attention it needed to make great wines from the outset.

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