2016 Contrada Sciaranuova
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Score 91/100 · Drink 2019-2030, Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, Dec 2018
The 2016 Contrada S sees fruit sourced from the Contrada Sciaranuova vineyard. The wine delivers dark fruit at the core that is framed elegantly by ash, smoke and dark volcanic mineral. Contrada S is balanced and very tight in terms of its texture. That tightness suggests a year or two of bottle aging may be required before this wine really starts to shine. Bottle production is limited with only 2,300 units made.
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91
91/100
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
About the producer
Passopisciaro
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.