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Tasca D'almerita (Tascante) Etna Rosso Contrada Sciaranuova 2019 750ml

size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Sicily
appellation
Etna
3 Ratings
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WA
95
JS
94
VM
92
WA
95
Rated 95 by Wine Advocate
With fruit from a vineyard planted on the so-called "new lava flow" (with volcanic flows dating from 40,000 to 4,000 years ago), the Tenuta Tascante 2019 Etna Rosso Contrada Sciaranuova offers a unique set of aromas over a beautiful, luminous and shiny appearance. The volcanic character of the wine is on full display, and you sense campfire ash, flint, iron ore and wild rose. Sciaranuova is slightly darker (compared to the Contrada Pianodario, but only by a hair), and the aromas veer to the mineral side of the equation. There is also more structure and grit in terms of mouthfeel, which will accompany this wine over its aging trajectory. Production is 5,700 bottles. ... More details
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Tasca D'almerita (Tascante) Etna Rosso Contrada Sciaranuova 2019 750ml

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Professional Ratings
WA
95
JS
94
VM
92
WA
95
Rated 95 by Wine Advocate
With fruit from a vineyard planted on the so-called "new lava flow" (with volcanic flows dating from 40,000 to 4,000 years ago), the Tenuta Tascante 2019 Etna Rosso Contrada Sciaranuova offers a unique set of aromas over a beautiful, luminous and shiny appearance. The volcanic character of the wine is on full display, and you sense campfire ash, flint, iron ore and wild rose. Sciaranuova is slightly darker (compared to the Contrada Pianodario, but only by a hair), and the aromas veer to the mineral side of the equation. There is also more structure and grit in terms of mouthfeel, which will accompany this wine over its aging trajectory. Production is 5,700 bottles.
JS
94
Rated 94 by James Suckling
Aromas of red cherries, sliced strawberries and fresh herbs. Medium-bodied with subtle concentration that expresses an array of fresh black and red berries across the palate. Silky tannins. Fresh. Drink or hold.
VM
92
Rated 92 by Vinous Media
The 2019 Etna Rosso Contrada Sciaranuova is darkly alluring yet perfumed, showing cedar and wild herbs giving way to crushed black cherries. This is elegant and refined, with polished red and blue berry fruits carried across a core of vibrant acidity as fine-grained tannins slowly mount toward the close. It leaves a slight balsamic tinge to linger while tapering off lightly structured and with medium length as echoes of licorice fade.
Winery
Sciaranuova, one of the four contrade (districts) in which we live and work, is located at an average elevation of 730 meters a.s.l., between Montelaguardia and Passopisciaro. Spanning 14.40 hectares, 4.9 hectares of which are vineyards, and characterized by terraces with dry stone walls and over 7 hectares of chestnut groves. It has a degrading morphology from South-West to North-East with an average slope of 8.5%. The territory in which the vineyards of the Contrada Sciaranuova are located is characterized by formations of volcanic origin between 40,000 – 4,000 years old.
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size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Sicily
appellation
Etna
Overview
With fruit from a vineyard planted on the so-called "new lava flow" (with volcanic flows dating from 40,000 to 4,000 years ago), the Tenuta Tascante 2019 Etna Rosso Contrada Sciaranuova offers a unique set of aromas over a beautiful, luminous and shiny appearance. The volcanic character of the wine is on full display, and you sense campfire ash, flint, iron ore and wild rose. Sciaranuova is slightly darker (compared to the Contrada Pianodario, but only by a hair), and the aromas veer to the mineral side of the equation. There is also more structure and grit in terms of mouthfeel, which will accompany this wine over its aging trajectory. Production is 5,700 bottles.
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Region: Sicily

The island of Sicily is one of those wine regions which seems to be designed for the production of quality wines. Not only does it have extremely fertile soils, helped by volcanic activity of such peaks as Etna, but the climate is absolutely ideal for the ripening of beautiful grape varietals, with almost year-round sunshine and cooling sea breezes. Sicily has been using such factors for growing grapevines for thousands of years, and is a truly ancient wine region steeped in tradition. Wineries on the island make a wide variety of wines, which are much loved for their ability to express plenty of exciting fruit flavors and sunny, tempting aromas, but Sicily is most well known for the dessert and fortified wines based around the port town of Marsala.
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Country: Italy

For several decades in the mid to late twentieth century, Italy's reputation for quality wines took a fairly serious blow. This was brought about partly due to lack of regulation in certain regions, and too much regulation in others. This led to several wineries in the beautiful and highly fertile region of Tuscany making the bold move to work outside of the law, which they saw as responsible for the drop in quality in Tuscan wines. They believed that they had the expertise and the generations of experience necessary with which to make truly excellent, world class wines, and set about doing just that. These 'Super Tuscans', as they came to be known, quickly inspired the rest of Italy to improve their produce, and now, Italian wine producers in the twenty-first century are widely recognised to be amongst the best in the world. Regulation and law began to change, and wine drinkers across the globe woke up to the outstanding wines coming out of Italy, which are continuing to improve and impress to this day.
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Region: Sicily

The island of Sicily is one of those wine regions which seems to be designed for the production of quality wines. Not only does it have extremely fertile soils, helped by volcanic activity of such peaks as Etna, but the climate is absolutely ideal for the ripening of beautiful grape varietals, with almost year-round sunshine and cooling sea breezes. Sicily has been using such factors for growing grapevines for thousands of years, and is a truly ancient wine region steeped in tradition. Wineries on the island make a wide variety of wines, which are much loved for their ability to express plenty of exciting fruit flavors and sunny, tempting aromas, but Sicily is most well known for the dessert and fortified wines based around the port town of Marsala.
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