Planeta Carricante Eruzione 1614 2021 750ml

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Planeta Carricante Eruzione 1614 2021 750ml

Name: Planeta Carricante Eruzione 1614 2021 750ml
Brand: Planeta
SKU: 1009302
Price: 43.94 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 92.8 (5 reviews)

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SKU 1009302

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Boasting a fun new label design with menacing volcanic smoke featured in relief on a Riesling bottle, the organic Planeta 2021 Sicilia Carricante Eruzione 1614 is fresh, tonic and thoroughly refreshening. This unoaked wine offers medium-plus weight with a great sense of balance and firmness. Its aromas recall citrus fruit, green apple and crushed stone. With more bottle age, we can expect this wine to embrace tertiary tones of petroleum jelly and flint. Fruit comes from terraced vineyards on the slopes of Etna with sandy lava soils at 815 to 860 meters above sea level. Production is 19,000 bottles.

Country: Italy
Region: Sicily

Size: 750ml
Color: White
Alcohol by Vol: 13.5%

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Winery

Planeta

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Varietal

Carricante

Carricante is a white grape variety indigenous to Sicily, particularly thriving on the volcanic slopes of Mount Etna. This ancient grape has been cultivated for centuries, known for producing wines with remarkable freshness and minerality. Carricante wines often exhibit citrusy aromas, such as lemon and orange blossom, along with apple and herbal notes, underpinned by a distinctive saline quality. The high altitude and volcanic soils of Mount Etna impart a unique terroir, contributing to the wine’s crisp acidity and longevity. What makes Carricante unique is its ability to retain acidity even in the hot Sicilian climate, resulting in vibrant, age-worthy wines. Often blended with other local varieties like Catarratto, Carricante shines as a pure varietal expression, capturing the essence of its volcanic origin and offering wine enthusiasts a taste of Sicily’s diverse and rich wine heritage.

Country

Italy

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

Region

Sicily

The beautiful island of Sicily has been growing grapevines and producing wines for thousands of years, ever since the ancient Greeks first landed on its golden shores and noticed the island's true potential as a haven for quality grapes. Today, the island is one of Italy's primary wine regions, and even though over eighty percent of Sicily's grapevines are used for the production of sweet fortified wines, the remaining wineries making other wine styles are renowned around the world for their quality and character. Indeed, Sicilian wineries are famed for their ability to capture something of the sun-drenched region in their wines, and the vines they cultivate benefit enormously from the almost constant sunshine and the incredibly fertile volcanic soils which typify the island.

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Wine Enthusiast

A savory, saline nose of new sneaker, finger lime and oyster shell transforms into an electric palate where acid lifts flavors of lemon, lime and green apple candy. Exciting now, and likely to become even better with more time in the bottle.

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Wine Spectator

There’s a bright buoyancy to the acidity, which supports flavors of ripe Canary melon, blood orange, honeysuckle and ground ginger. With a fragrant underpinning of petrol, this offers both fine balance and length in a mouthwatering package that’s hard to stop sipping. Carricante and Riesling. Drink now through 2035. 1,833 cases made, 117 cases imported.

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James Suckling

A well-rounded, balanced and seductive carricante. On the nose fresh lemons, mild spices and some dried apples. Medium-bodied with fresh lemon character on the palate. Juicy and refreshing with a delicious, flavorful finish. Drink now.

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Vinous Media

The 2021 Carricante Eruzione 1614 lifts from the glass with a burst of crushed stones, sage and dried apricots. This reverberates with zesty tension as crisp orchard fruits cascade throughout, further enhanced by a tinge of sour citrus. It finishes long and staining yet wickedly fresh, leaving behind a saline sensation that keeps the mouth watering for more.

Winery Notes

An explosion of aromas of ripe fruit and the aromatic content of white flowers which magically transport the taster to the slopes of Etna. The wine manages to combine softness and strength with a drinkable richness, with fruit flavours of lemon peel and green apple linked to an endearing mineral power which prolongs the finish. An extraordinary companion for dishes based on fish of a certain oiliness and thus ideal for any gastronomic experience encountered by the sea.

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