Eruzione 1614 Nerello Mascalese 2016

Aziende Agricola Planeta

Eruzione 1614 Nerello Mascalese
2016

Country
Italy
Regulated designation
Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC)
Region
Sicily
Appellation
Sicilia
Varietal(s)
Nerello Mascalese 91 %
Nerello Capuccio 9 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Producer's website

About this winery

Our tendency towards innovation and modernity has never distanced us from any historic and traditional interpretation of wine. Our patient and meticulous researches have always been directed to the past as much as to the future; on the one hand profoundly linked to the oldest Sicilian traditions of wine making with its heritage of indigenous varieties, and on the other an interest in those international grape vines which are best adapted to these territories, without neglecting the most...

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Product notes

The land has a perfect aspect and position; black with lava sands and due to this is extraordinarily rich in minerals; surrounded by woods and more recent lava flows.

Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 91 points -

Monica Larner, December 2018 (Vintage 2016)

Here's a slightly more accessible wine from Etna (even though it carries a Sicilia appellation). The 2016 Sicilia Nerello Mascalese Eruzione 1614 is a steady, mid-weight wine with wild fruit and a touch of garden herb that recalls grilled oregano or wild sage. The wine is silky in texture but also mild and mellow in terms of its impact in the mouth. It could flesh out further with more time in the bottle.

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