Producer | Benanti |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Varietal | Nerello Mascalese |
Vintage | 2020 |
Sku | 06775 |
Size | 750ml |
Tasting Notes
Color: Pale, ruby red with light tints of garnet
Scent: Ethereal, spicy, with scents of red fruit
Taste and Body: Dry, medium-to-full bodied, reasonably tannic, balanced and persistent
Serving Suggestions: A wine particularly suited for red meats, wild fowl and mature cheese. Serve at 18 - 19° C
This has aromas of cherry stones, slate, pine cones, lemon peel and oyster shells. Tightly knit, firm tannins here, framing a wild and racy core of citrus, herbs and berries. Long and refined. Nerello mascalese. Try after 2023.
Medicinal cherry, camphor, cedar and flint float over fuller fruit notes of prune and dried figs on the nose. The palate is still leaning toward figs and plums but with some high tones of hibiscus, cranberries and fresh cherry. Tannins just starting to give in a bit and bouncy acid tie everything together in loose bow.
A lively, medium-bodied red, appealing for the equilibrium and expression, this offers ripe and dried cherry fruit underscored by fresh, loamy earth and accented by crushed pine, licorice snap and floral notes. Chewy finish. Drink now through 2027. 436 cases made.