Tenuta delle Terre Nere Cuvee delle Vigne Niche Montalto Etna Bianco, Sicily, Italy 2022 Loire Valley and copper pot distillation

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slightly confit-like red fruit

and a soft woodiness

steadily building in tension as tart wild berries and orange hints give way to a sweet herbal thrust

Food Pairings: Stinky Cheese

Tenuta delle Terre Nere Cuvee delle Vigne Niche Montalto Etna Bianco, Sicily, Italy 2022 Loire Valley and copper pot distillationFirmly established on the northern slopes of Etna, for many years I have also explored most of the other slopes buying grapes, making grapes for colleagues, measuring altitudes, studying geological features, verifying historical boundaries. I have carefully probed not only my northern territories, but also the eastern and southern ones, trying to estimate their qualities and their limits. At very high altitudes on the southern side I am convinced that