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Benanti Etna Rosso Riserva Serra Della Contessa 2015 750ml

size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Sicily
appellation
Etna
JS
99
WA
94
Additional vintages
JS
99
Rated 99 by James Suckling
A new dimension in Etna red that belongs in the highest league of Italian and global wines. Enveloping floral, candied-orange and red-berry nose, but that's only the beginning of it. Extremely concentrated and seamless palate that's totally focused through the finish, which stretches out effortlessly towards infinity. The grapes come from over 100-year-old, pre-phylloxera nerello mascalese (85%) and nerello cappuccio (15%) vines. It was 24 months in French oak, but that's completely invisible. Limited quantity. Drink or hold. ... More details
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Benanti Etna Rosso Riserva Serra Della Contessa 2015 750ml

SKU 894421
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Professional Ratings
JS
99
WA
94
JS
99
Rated 99 by James Suckling
A new dimension in Etna red that belongs in the highest league of Italian and global wines. Enveloping floral, candied-orange and red-berry nose, but that's only the beginning of it. Extremely concentrated and seamless palate that's totally focused through the finish, which stretches out effortlessly towards infinity. The grapes come from over 100-year-old, pre-phylloxera nerello mascalese (85%) and nerello cappuccio (15%) vines. It was 24 months in French oak, but that's completely invisible. Limited quantity. Drink or hold.
WA
94
Rated 94 by Wine Advocate
This is the same historic Serra della Contessa that we recognize from Benanti, although the wine name has changed to register the 100-year-old vines (or "centenario") that make up its fabric. Given the name change, the 2015 Etna Rosso Riserva Alberello Centenario Serra della Contessa is a new wine for all purposes. The blend is 85% Nerello Mascalese and 15% Nerello Cappuccio from the particella 587 in Viagrande, or the vineyard site just behind the winery on the southern side of the volcano. This is a fine and streamlined wine with tart cherry and raspberry flavors followed by crushed stone and volcanic ash. The wine glides smoothly over the palate with silky and well-integrated tannins. With 3,066 bottles produced, I tasted bottle number 1,373.
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size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Sicily
appellation
Etna
Additional vintages
Overview
A new dimension in Etna red that belongs in the highest league of Italian and global wines. Enveloping floral, candied-orange and red-berry nose, but that's only the beginning of it. Extremely concentrated and seamless palate that's totally focused through the finish, which stretches out effortlessly towards infinity. The grapes come from over 100-year-old, pre-phylloxera nerello mascalese (85%) and nerello cappuccio (15%) vines. It was 24 months in French oak, but that's completely invisible. Limited quantity. Drink or hold.
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Region: Sicily

There are few wine regions in the world with such an ideal terroir and climate for viticulture as that found on Sicily. This Italian island has been an important center for wine production for several thousand years, with experts claiming that the ancient Greeks were the first to bring wine-making techniques to the island. The almost year-round sunshine and rich, fertile volcanic soil of Sicily makes the vintner's jobs very easy, and grapevines thrive and flourish more or less everywhere on the island. Sicily is widely renowned for its excellent sweet dessert wines, and for fortified wines such as Marsala, yet the popularity of their dry red and white produce is ever rising, thanks to their drinkability and fantastic fruit flavors which really manage to put across the sunny, almost tropical nature of the island they are grown on.
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Country: Italy

Italy is recognised as being one of the finest wine producing countries in the world, and it isn't difficult to see why. With a vast amount of land across the country used primarily for vineyard cultivation and wine production, each region of Italy manages to produce a wide range of excellent quality wines, each representative of the region it is produced in. Any lover of Italian wines will be able to tell you of the variety the country produces, from the deliciously astringent and alpine-fresh wines of the northern borders, to the deliciously jammy and fruit-forward wines of the south and the Italian islands. Regions such as Barolo are frequently compared with Bordeaux and Burgundy in France, as their oak aged red wines have all the complexity and earthy, spicy excellence of some of the finest wines in the world, and the sparkling wines of Asti and elsewhere in Italy can easily challenge and often exceed the high standards put forward by Champagne. Thanks to excellent terrain and climatic conditions, Italy has long since proven itself a major player in the world of wines, and long may this dedication to quality and excellence continue.
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There are few wine regions in the world with such an ideal terroir and climate for viticulture as that found on Sicily. This Italian island has been an important center for wine production for several thousand years, with experts claiming that the ancient Greeks were the first to bring wine-making techniques to the island. The almost year-round sunshine and rich, fertile volcanic soil of Sicily makes the vintner's jobs very easy, and grapevines thrive and flourish more or less everywhere on the island. Sicily is widely renowned for its excellent sweet dessert wines, and for fortified wines such as Marsala, yet the popularity of their dry red and white produce is ever rising, thanks to their drinkability and fantastic fruit flavors which really manage to put across the sunny, almost tropical nature of the island they are grown on.
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