2011 Contrada Porcaria
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From a long warm season, with the rains arriving only after harvest in November. Lustrous and just mid ruby with orange tinges. Round, deep and perfumed with stony notes and a hint of cinder. Hints of cigar box but little if any tertiary aromas. Supple and elegant and perhaps a little less complex than the 2013, but with a fantastic fluid and racy finish chock-full with fine tannins. Plenty of future. (WS)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
More reviews and scores
Passopisciaro. Youthful and just mid ruby. Tight oatmeal nose with a hint of minerals. Still a little closed, and with a beautiful balance between fruit, freshness and powdery tannins. Minerally again on the finish. Truly wonderful and tense. (WS)
About the producer
Tenuta di Passopisciaro is the Etna estate owned by Andrea Franchetti, one of Italy’s pioneering winemakers who founded the Super Tuscan estate Tenuta di Trinoro, before becoming instrumental in Mount Etna’s wine renaissance with his Passopisciaro estate.