2017 Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Tascante 'Contrada Pianodario' Etna Rosso, Sicily, Italy (750ml) Valencia Tense acidity buoys a brawny

Tense acidity buoys a brawny tannic profile that settles into lushness texture

this lovely

this wine offers aromas of red fruit

The palate is bursting with a dynamic and seemingly haphazard array of fruit

The fruit for this wine is double hand-sorted and the juice is pressed off whole cluster

2017 Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Tascante 'Contrada Pianodario' Etna Rosso, Sicily, Italy (750ml) Valencia Tense acidity buoys a brawnyWINEMAKER'S NOTES: This is a bright and accessible wine with pretty tones of wild berry and dried pomegranate followed by candied orange and pressed violets. It will no doubt be exciting to follow this wine as those vines get, proverbially speaking, older and wiser.