The 2021 Etna Bianco DeAetna is understated in the glass, with a smokey mix of young peach, pine and crushed almonds. It's round and soothing with a pretty inner sweetness and crisp orchard fruits. This leaves a saline tinge and sour melon touch linger...
The 2022 Morgon Côte du Py has another very attractive bouquet with just a touch more fruit intensity than the Côte du Py, wonderful mineralité and tension. Very composed. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, a little sturdier than the Cuvée ...
The 2022 Etna Rosso Contrada Rampante is intense, wafting up with all of the volcanic ash and stones that make up its soils, complicated by grilled herbs and citrus-laced blackberries. This is surprisingly juicy and energetic in feel, with a wave of vi...
The 2021 Contrada Rampante (R) grumbles up from the glass, youthfully backward, dusty and dark with a core of dried black cherries and autumnal spice that comes forward with coaxing. This is far more lifted and feminine than expected. Tart red berry fr...
The 2021 Contrada Sciaranuova (S) is a well-muscled dancer who enters the stage coy and withdraws, forcing the taster to work for its youthfully backward bouquet. Suggestions of dried roses, licorice, wild strawberries and clove are enshrouded by sweet...
Smoky and ashy in the glass, the 2022 Etna Rosso Contrada Guardiola opens with a burst of ashen stones and grilled herbs, evolving into crushed black cherries and lifted by hints of menthol. It sweeps across the palate with textures of pure silk as a p...