Tenuta delle Terre Nere Cuvée della Vigne Niche Calderara Sottana Etna Bianco Carricante 2019

Peter van den Besselaar

Vintage 2019 | from the rather obscure carricante grape, what an effort! Floral smell, seabreeze! Nice bitters. Bought some for cellaring.

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

This absolutely rocks. Layers of texture and richness perfectly balanced with zippy volcanic acid.

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There’s an airy and inviting freshness to the 2019 Etna Bianco Calderara Sottana that pulls you close to the glass, as a nuanced display of dusty dried flowers, cardamom, crushed stone and honeyed orchard fruits comes forward over time. It’s silky and seductive on the palate, showing a pretty inner sweetness, with ripe pear giving way to notes of almond as inner florals amass toward the close. Minerals and hints of citrus sizzle throughout the long finale under an enriching air of custard. As beautiful as this is today, it will only get better over time. Simply stunning. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2021)

Camilo Jaramillo

240924 con vero en la casa. Muy fresco. Buen final. Light. Rico en los cachetes.

Jeroen Koenen

Tight and young. Lots of promise, but not giving much at the moment. Very mineral and stony.

Stuart Pollack

This wine needs a lot of air. But it opens up into a nice Summer Aetna Bianco. Good citrus flavor.