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Perhaps most famous for the Wine Spectator Top 100 list released annually at the end of each year, Wine Spectator is at the forefront of wine reviews, wine recommendations, and wine education. Spectator has been in publication since 1976, and their top critics evaluate and report on tens of thousands of wines every year. Take comfort in knowing that, if Wine Spectator liked it, you probably will, too!

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  1. Passopisciaro Contrada Chiappemacine

    2012 / 750 ml. | Item#40754

    RP9292 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 29th Sep 2015
    The “C” in the 2012 Contrada C stands for Chiappemacine. This is a 1.2 hectare vineyard planted to 80-year-old vines at 550 meters above sea level. The soils here consist of a thin layer of volcanic lava that allows the roots to penetrate the sandy limestone below. This results in a softer wine with a round and plush mouthfeel. Bright berry nuances are followed by pressed rose petal and crushed stone. I would suggest a slightly shorter drinking window for Contrada C. It ages in botte grande for 18 months.
    SP9191 pts. - Wine Spectator - Web only – 2015
    Open-knit and woodsy up front, with approachable black cherry, licorice string, smoke and sandalwood flavors, featuring supple tannins that firm up on the solid finish. Should develop with decanting or short-term cellaring. Nerello Mascalese. Drink now through 2028. 240 cases made.
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  2. Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso

    2021 / 750 ml. | Item#59032

    JS9393 pts. - JamesSuckling.com - Wednesday, July 19, 2023
    Attractive and fresh with red berries, hints of hibiscus flowers and citrus peel. Some dusty earth, too. Medium-bodied with chalky tannins that play nicely with the textural earthy character, before turning to a vivid, red-fruited finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink now. (James Suckling)
    SP9191 pts. - Wine Spectator - Aug 31, 2023
    A lively red that dances across the palate, with juicy wild cherry and strawberry fruit, light, fine tannins and fragrant accents of tea leaves, violet, graphite and spices. Drink now through 2028. 11,000 cases made, 1,400 cases imported. (Alison Napjus)
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  3. Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Prephylloxera La Vigna di Don Peppino

    Calderara Sottana
    2020 / 750 ml. | Item#58243

    JS9797 pts. - JamesSuckling.com - Tuesday, September 6, 2022
    Aromas of stone, clay, orange peel, dried sage, baked red cherry and moss. Medium-to full-bodied with tense tannins that drive the palate and keep all of the complex fruit, mineral and herbal notes in line. So much to unpack. There’s depth, intensity and complexity, all in line with one another. Pine cone at the end. From organically grown grapes. Made from two parcels of ungrafted old vines in Contrada Calderara Sottana. Best from 2025.
    SP9494 pts. - Wine Spectator - Web only – 2023
    A fresh, elegant and seamlessly knit red, with aromatic tea rose and anise hyssop notes, an expansive profile of pureed raspberry and cherry fruit, woodsy spices and a subtle underpinning of minerally smoke and stone. The lasting finish is firmed by fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2035. 245 cases made, 70 cases imported. (Alison Napjus)
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  4. Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso San Lorenzo

    Grande Terroir Ellittico
    2018 / 750 ml. | Item#54077

    WE9494 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 10/1/2020
    Fragrant and loaded with finesse, this opens with enticing aromas of Mediterranean brush, violet, crushed lemon thyme and star anise. On the savory, focused palate, notes of licorice, hazelnut and flinty mineral accent a juicy red berry core. Polished tannins and fresh acidity provide seamless support and balance. Drink 2021–2028.
    JS9494 pts. - JamesSuckling.com - Tuesday, November 17, 2020
    Very complex aromas of dried berries and strawberries with orange peel, perfume and cherry. It’s full-to medium-bodied with a tight, linear palate and fine tannins, as well as zesty acidity. Give it time to open. Better after 2022.
    WS9494 pts. - Wine & Spirits - October 1, 2020
    Contrada San Lorenzo’s soils, like those of Calderara Sottana, derive from Etna’s Ellittico eruption center, but San Lorenzo’s are deeper and less rocky. Those deep soils presented problems in the rain-soaked 2018 growing season, but strict selection at harvest yielded a dark-fruited wine, its plum and black-cherry flavors tinged with notes of orange zest and girded by warm, tarry undertones.
    VN9393 pts. - Vinous - Jun 2021
    As the 2018 Etna Rosso San Lorenzo blows off a bit of youthful reduction, an inviting bouquet forms, mixing violets and roses with hints of white pepper and dusty strawberry. This is seamlessly soft and polished with medium weight, ushering in floral-tinged red and hints of blue fruit which give way to sweet herbal notes. Residual acids keep the expression remarkably fresh even as youthful tannins saturate deeply, leaving bitter notes of cranberry and cherry pits to linger. The 2018 San Lorenzo has the feel of a sleeping giant, requiring a few years of cellaring to truly awaken.
    SP9292 pts. - Wine Spectator - Feb 28, 2021
    A lovely nose of spice and mineral transitions to flavors of crushed raspberry, dried mint and a hint of orange zest on the palate of this well-knit medium-bodied red trimmed by sleek tannins. It’s long and mouthwatering on the finish. Drink now through 2028. 10,000 cases made, 3,500 cases imported.
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