John W

9.2

Etna Bianca- contrada monte Serra 2023. 1st vintage. Never oak only stainless steel for all carricante. Pale oak. Lowest elevation. Near sea level Very ventilated. On the nose, herbaceous, salinity, almonds, and on the palate, sea salt, citrus, tropical fruit, minerality, richness and fullness and more tropical fruit, mango, papaya, florals in the finish. Paired with olive oil.
Fried octopus with tomato and wild fennel. Saltiness of octopus with saltiness and acidity of wine nice pairing. — a year ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.7

Wow. Shipped from Benanti. Incredible complexity. Forest floor, flowers and cherry fruit. Flavors follow. Beautifully resolved. — 3 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.4

Loved. Nice intensity with fresh balance. Spicy notes in the aromas. Balance. Fuller than many Etna Rossos — 6 years ago

with William

James Graham

8.9

A bit too smokey — 8 years ago

Krista Bonura

9.3

Delicious. Jammy yet smooth. — 9 years ago

Nicola Morvillo

9.1

On 27/6/16 — 10 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.1

Beautifully aromatic and mineral nerello Macalese. — a year ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Popped and poured; enjoyed over a 90 minute period. No formal notes. Slightly deeper in color than the Benanti enjoyed before and there’s a bit more depth in general when comparing the two. Ripe strawberries and cherries. Savory. Good structure. Drinking well now but this has the stuffing to mature gracefully over the next decade. — 2 years ago

Eric Grasser

9.0

Rose petals and dried herbs with a big aroma of rich cherry and balsamic. Comes off very rich and a little boozy (vintage?), much more than Benanti. Some astringency too for a wine usually very well balanced. Still a hallmark producer for Etna wine. Maybe a little time to rest would do well — 4 years ago

Naveen Selvadurai

9.1

pasquale with om. also the benanti etna rosso — 8 years ago

Mark Morgan

8.9

A bit young ‘n brash, but tasty — 8 years ago

Chris Lucchese

9.5

Cherries. Plums. Berries. Tons of red fruit with so much acid and earth. Minerality through the roof like Burgundy. With accompanying acid. And some tannin that really sticks around. Love this wine. — 9 years ago

Sergio Licea

9.3

Blackberries, black cherry pits, graphite, sun dried tomatoes, dried thyme, cinder. Soft rounded acid/smooth narrow velvet tannin balance, medium bodied, juicy-silky texture, smoky-herbal finish. Outstanding with simple tomato sauce based pastas. — 10 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Delicious. Good fruitiness and finesse. — 2 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

If you aren’t paying close attention, you’d confuse this with great Brunello. — 2 years ago

Joe Fischer

9.6

Private tasting at Cellar Benanti. Simply stunning!!! Even better than the 2014 we had the night before. — 4 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Amazing. Everything balanced and elegant. A steal. — 7 years ago

Samantha Potter

9.1

Syrupy honey. 2008. 🍯 — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Back to the northern side of Mount Etna for the source of these grapes. More full bodied than the Benanti NMs we had 2 days ago. — 9 years ago

Brendan Walsh

9.1

Thid is a fabulous wine. Paired well with pizza but could see it being very versatile.
Eataly — 10 years ago