Benanti Etna Rosso Nerello Mascalese 2015

Bob McDonald

Colour of cold black tea. Cherry, toffee, earth and dried herbs on the nose. Palate has savoury earthy cherry - just medium bodied. The following night savoury red fruits with a skinnsy element on the palate developing into a touch of astringency. Not for long keeping - drink now if you have some.

Douglas Braun

Cherry fruit , earthy , slight tar , nice rustic wine

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

Delicious. Tart balance. Cherries, cranberries. Mineral. Grippy tannins. Great value.

Matt

Killer value, great layers, extremely food friendly, lovey perfume, mineral, bright acid, distinctive. This always makes us happy on our table.

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

Amazing value. Quite delicious and completely resolved.

Bob McDonald

Pale to medium ruby. A shy nose with some florals and with air, pastille cherry and herbs. A little sweeter than the 2012 Benanti Contessa we had 2 days ago. Light to medium bodied with sandy minerally tannins.

Ely Cohn

This is an outstanding wine from Etna Rosso. It has a lucid ruby brick color with perfumes of black tar, rose petals, and a cool mossy tarp covering black berries. Light, but sneaky tannins and still elegant - like Etna’s answer to Nebbiolo. The texture is seriously velvety, medium bodied, with lots of acid. A firm structure built on volcanic minerality, balanced fruit, and well integrated acidity. For $25 this wine drinks at twice it’s value in Piedmont.

Brad Hemmer

Beautiful light color, mineral, earthiness, red fruit, nice texture and finish.

Jordan Wardlaw

Well-balanced and restrained entry-level wine from one of the great producers of a highly underrated region. Pinot Noir-like finesse and elegance. It needed time to open up and reveal its aromatics but was worth the wait. Dried rose petals, cherry, pomegranate and blood orange with a hint of old iron coming through. Subtle flinty minerality showing unique volcanic terroir. The fruit is slightly saline on the mid palate and echoes the blood orange aroma with a certain pithiness while mint and herbal components show up on the finish. Slow-building tannins and mouth-coating acid structure. Rustic wine with a beautiful minerality.

Arden Barnett

Beautiful light red color in the glass. Spices, cherries and a slight musk fill the nose. On the palate you’re initially hit with freshly shaved graphite, a punch of tart cherry juice and a hint of licorice. Mid palate and finish remind me of the fresh cranberry sauce I like to make for Thanksgiving dinner... acidic and tart but just the right amount of sweetness to balance everything out. Volcanic soil gives this wine quite a grippy texture with a fairly tannic finish. Nerello Mascalese dominant wines have been a favorite of mine over the last year, and this bottle is up there as one of my favorites for the money. This bottle particularly tastes almost like a cross of Nebbiolo and Pinot Noir. Pronounced tannic structure of a Nebbiolo but the mystical gracefulness of a nice light bodied Pinot.