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Terre Nere Etna Bianco 2022

White Blend | Sicily, Etna

A lovely Etna Bianco that mercifully doesn’t taste of Chardonnay or other varieties that have no place on Etna. A steal for the price. Harmonious, lively aromas and flavours of white stone fruit and aromatic herbs. Bright and juicy, with a refreshing saline bite on the long smooth finish. Remarkably fresh and easy to drink. This is a steal for the price.
$64
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Co-planted in a red vineyard pickers walk vine to vine searching for white grapes! 70% Carricante with a mix of other natives! Elegant & fine, lovely acid profile long even salty, good zip length, quite complete for a just released almost chalky. Sophisticated. Musk on white stonefruit with white flowers. Lovely flow. Tasty now, give it a couple of years to fully resolve and this will be a ripper. More than 70% Carricante with the rest being Inzolia, Coda di Volpe and Catarratto , harv
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Buscemi ‘Il Bianco’ 2020

White Blend | Etna, Italy

Etna Whites are a Thing of Beauty! The tiny white plantings for ‘Il Bianco’ 2020 are similarly a ‘field blend’ of carricante with greganico dorato, which ampelographers have determined is one and the same as garganega (the principal variety for Soave in the Veneto, also grown on basaltic lava). 2020 was a pretty straightforward season with beautifully stable weather in October – the whites have great texture, drinkability and exotic fruit character. Simply delicious with excelle
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A wee hit of sulphur blows off quickly in the glass. Holds this in good stead for a long life. Crystal clear. A layer of lanolin funk and spice floats above vibrant fruits that build on the palate fanning out offering great persistence. A little cleansing phenolics and fine acid balance a creamy mouthfeel. The fruit is nicely developed making for delicious drinking now with more to come. Spicy and full of tension, the 2022 Etna Bianco Le Vigne Niche Montalto bursts from the glass wit
$105
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A faint lick of larger format oak adds complexity without being intrusive and resolves quickly as the wine opens. Delicious! The perceived acidity is certainly higher than that of Montalto, sophisticated and delicate. Super-fine and flowing, a myriad of fresher flavours, I like Eric’s calls on candied lime, green apples and chamomile. Fabulous drinking fine and long with plenty more to come. The 2022 Etna Bianco Le Vigne Niche Santo Spirito lifts from the glass with a savory blen
$105
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One of those wines that reminds you why Carricante from Etna is often likened to high level Chablis! A wine of such rhythm, poise, and structure - one with salty minerality combined with concentrated succulent, juicy fruit, grapefruit on pear. Excellent phenolic texture with that ever so Italian silvery line of cleansing bitterness. This is consistently one of the most regarded of all of Etna’s white wines with countless 'Tre Bicchiere' awards. With such acid drive, it’s just begin
$116
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The only white ‘Grand Cru’ that Marco makes. Unlike Terre Nere's Etna Bianco DOC, which is made up of a blend of 5 white grapes, the “Vigne Niche” selection is only Carricante. Complete. Seamless, fine, delicious, flowing, complex. beautifully developed fruit with such finely textured, refreshing acidity. A great way to finish a divine set of white contrade from Marco. With a bouquet like chiseling through sheer limestone with all of the smoky and flinty nuances that come wit
$121
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$111ea in any 6+