Gladys Xiques

9.3

Slight red fruit but balanced all the way to the finish with spices and slight earth. — 7 days ago

Byron Hewett

9.3

Delicious. This is a very interesting expression of Chardonnay. Minerally but different than Chablis. Excellent. — 5 months ago

Severn Goodwin

9.1

2021 | White Blend
85% Carricante / 15% Catarratto

From Passopisciaro on the northern slope of Mount Etna in Sicily. — a year ago

Phil Kessling

9.1

Big Nerello with tannic structure. Red fruit with smoke and earth. Delicious. — 2 years ago

Lieven Baert

9.1

Spiga d'oro 40ste verjaardag — a month ago

Matt Perlman

9.2

I regretted parting with even a little bit of this bottle for cooking purposes. Shows off the vibrant and graceful side of Mt Etna. — 2 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Dark Ruby with youthful purple notes - very dense almost black. After decanting a whiff of high quality French oak. Black and blue fruits. Might have opened this a little young. It’s full bodied and powerful. 70% Petit Verdot, 30% Cesanese, somewhat of a unicorn - I doubt if I could find this in Australia. Bought at the Cellar door on a Sicily tour with Scud MW at Franchetti on the favoured northern slopes of Mount Etna. In a blind tasting I would pick this as Bordeaux. The fruit richness dominates and doesn’t allow much Etna derived volcanic minerality to show through. Much riper and richer than you would expect from an Etna wine. This is the premium cuvée from Franchetti. Would love to try another one in 5 years if I had one. — 6 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.2

Super fresh with cherries and raspberries. Interesting wine...needs a bit of age on it though.
Paired with pumpkin gnocci — 2 months ago

Riccardo L.

10

Aged a few years and it’s really like a Barolo. Impressive stuff augmented by the Holy Spirit, how can you go wrong? Right ma? ❤️ — 5 months ago

Phil Kessling

9.1

These wines are all amazing. The S was a little lighter then some of the other Contradas. — a year ago