David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

It’s Friday, gotta kick it off with Champagne. This Friday a little N/V Ruinart Rosé.

The fruits are; ripe, ruby and slightly candied. Deeply extracted; strawberries, black cherries, some black raspberries, cherries, ripe, juicy, summertime watermelon, touch of pomegranate, blood orange, understated, fine, powdery chalkiness, powdery seashells, sea spray, grey volcanic minerals, soft white spice, hard baguette crust with red & pink roses. The gently crisp acidity is dead on. The long, rich, ruby, well balanced, polished finish is delicious and nicely persistent.

Photos of, Dom Thierry Ruinart, our recently added Chrysanthemums, fresh fall table flowers and candle pumpkin. It’s fall! ‘‘Tis the season”...🍂🍁🎃🕷👻👹😱 🍾🥂 — 5 years ago

Autumn mohr

9.0

Biodynamic, Mt. Etna, Sicily. Organic alberello, volcanic mineral soil. Naturale. Strawberry flowers and cherry Jollyranchers. — 6 years ago

Ron R

9.5

We’re at Kesté pizzeria on Bleecker, NYC.
Blueberries and blackberries on the nose. Clean, presentation on the palate. Clarity and precision define this. 17 years in, it still shows youthfulness, and refinement. The acid has kept this young. No rush to drink this.
A glorious gift from @Eric Shanks. Thank you sir 🙂 — 6 years ago

with Eric, Mo and 2 others

Dmitri

9.0

Medium body, beautiful quaffing. Not as volcanic or smoky as most productions from Etna but a good partner wine for stews. — 6 years ago

Max Kelly

9.0

Candied cherry, some herbs and volcanic rock notes. Very dense and hard to read now. — 7 years ago

Ganesh

9.0

Super unique. Rustic. Muddy. Volcanic. Low tannins. High acid. Worth drinking if just to learn what a wine can be. — 7 years ago

Young Bock Lee

10

Ashy volcanic, bright acidity, red bright fruit on the nose. Med body, med p acid, delicate but dense texture, sour red plum on the end, hint of minerality and savoryness on the second palate. Paired with octo with bonemarrow fusili. I can see this can goes well with octo. — 8 years ago

Willie Carter

8.9

This one needs a little time to open but after that you'll get aromas of cherries and just a hint of vanilla. Quite fruity with nice tannins, after thirty minutes you'll start to taste the dark fruits and volcanic herbs, if those kind of herbs even exist. — 8 years ago

Lynn Xue

9.1

Super smoky from volcanic island. Beautiful! — 9 years ago

Jules Thiollet

9.0

Smooth palate, subtle aromas of Pinot Noir from Germany or Loire Valley but it's not, it's Nero d'Avola and Frappato on volcanic soils in Sicily. Simply amazing. — 10 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Joseph Phelps Party and the 83 Insignia from magnum.

The nose reveals; floral liqueur notes, more mid red fruits; strawberries, cherries & dark cherries. Blackberries, black raspberries, rhubarb, soft, volcanic minerals, limestone, steeped fruit tea, cedar, old leather & tobacco, dry crushed rocks, dark spices, dry herbal notes, eucalyptus, dry stems with dry & withering dark, red florals.

The body is medium full with a fair amount of tannins in a wine with this age. The structure, tension, length and balance are still quite sound with harmony. Floral liqueur notes, more mid red fruits, strawberries, cherries & dark cherries. Blackberries, black raspberries, rhubarb, soft, volcanic minerals, limestone, steeped fruit tea, dark spice with some heat, cedar, old leather & tobacco, cedar, dry crushed rocks, dark spices, dry herbal notes, eucalyptus, dry stems with some funkiness. withering dark, red florals. The acidity is nice. The long finish still show ripeness, good balance but, has leaned and shows nice persistence. — 5 years ago

Jeremy Buss

9.1

Black berry fruit, licorice, and slight pepper. — 6 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.2

This just smells like volcanic ashe and blueberries. BlackBerry,blueberry, and volcanic rocks. This is balanced well by nice acidity and minerality.
This is the best recent vintage of this wine. Very enjoyable and good value at sub $30. — 6 years ago

Ben Rossen

9.1

Sea breeze and volcanic rock. 100% carricante, medium acid, beautiful salinity, minimal fruit but a lot of wet rock. Perfect shellfish wine. — 6 years ago

Giampiero Nadali

Wine Blogger Aristide

9.5

Volcanic velvet. It’s hard to say more about this gorgeous balance and elegant roundness. After so many years, this 2002 vintage shows how skilled as a vigneron is Salvo Foti. — 7 years ago

Jay Miner

9.1

Strange for an Etna Rosso, but delicious. Don't get nearly the volcanic minerality that I'd expect, but do get some red fruit and some gamay-like funk. — 7 years ago

S Kahovec

9.2

Enjoyed setting up the Christmas tree -December 2016 — 7 years ago

with Avril

Rich Bluth

9.2

Hit its stride after it was open for 30+ min, still had some great grip after 12 years. — 8 years ago

Andie Orellana

9.0

From the Mt. Etna region of Sicily from volcanic soil. Lovely, big mineral end. — 8 years ago

with Carlos

Ben Dimitri

9.2

Cherry, some volcanic terroir showin through with spice on the nose. Nice tannins with good acid. — 9 years ago

Marshal White

9.4

Volcanic funkiness — 10 years ago

Callan Clendenin

9.1

Like looking into the deep ridges of a black volcanic rock found in a nest of brush on the bluffs near the sea and seeing blackberries hiding in the grooves. — 5 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.2

Girolamo Russo “a’Rina” 2016 Etna Rosso 🇮🇹 $25
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Nerello Mascalese (94%) and Nerello Cappuccio are the yin and yang of red grapes that grow exceedingly well in the wild and high altitude clime atop the Sicilian volcano #MountEtna.
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A hell of a bargain at about $25 as this crushes most Bourgogne/Hautes-Cotes under $50 and would give pricier versions a run for their money. It is also more complex now and ready to consume when compared to many similarly priced, well made “Langhe” Nebbiolo wines. From the @coravin this was ready to go and opened up well with 10-15 minutes in the glass.
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A youthful medium ruby color, fairly transparent. The nose suggests to me a red Burgundy, possibly a Beaune or Chassagne-Montrachet red from the wildness of the Etna character. A deep underpinning of rocky minerality, hints of ash, rose petal and purple florals, with dabs of red cherry and red plum fruit, sweet spices with hints of old leather jacket and unsmoked pipe tobacco. The palate is juicy and fresh, with refined, silky, ripe tannin that are youthfully firm. Excellent density and persistence, but light as a feather. Medium+ on the finish.
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Etna red wines are commonly described as having similarities to nebbiolo from Piedmonte and pinot noir from Burgundy. There are for sure some similarities, but make no mistake that Etna wines, when made well, refract the wild and volcanic Etna terroir well and are genuine in their own right. •
The complex volcanic soils of Etna, combined with some of the highest elevations for vineyards in Europe at 3,000+ feet, can produce wines with immense complexity and freshness. A sense if refinement comes across in the density without excessive weight, allowing for transparency of terroir. Most vines are trained in the traditional bush-vine method, which works well in the rocky soils that see a lot of wind and sunlight at these high altitudes.
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Michael Piaker

9.1

14 March 2018. Beebe's, Astoria, NY. — 6 years ago

Carson

9.2

Don't be fooled by the recent rush of French wines to grace my palette. Those who know me know that I like to keep a Toscana or a Brunello around for good measure. But then @Kyle Harvey put the hard sell on Etna wines so I gave it a shot. From this point on, I will forever be on the lookout for more. The volcanic terroir and sun soaked mountainside make for the perfect climate to produce an exceptional wine. Comprised of 80% Mascalese and 20% Cappucio, the wine is remarkably well structured with loads of nuance. Fruits abound and silky tannins make this #Etna a banger. — 7 years ago

Katy James

9.1

Tart bing cherries, earth, volcanic ash. This is funky in the best way — 7 years ago

Olivia Garvelink

9.4

I very much like this rose! — 8 years ago

Lindsay Noell

9.2

Tannins that bite, volcanic soils coming through — 8 years ago

Lynette Woo

9.0

Like biting into a big juicy strawberry. Delicious lush rosé! — 9 years ago

Robert Mann

9.3

Lovely loft volcanic pumice obsidian silky power — 9 years ago