Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'Guardiola', 2024 AFKAT_2024 though no chemicals have been

though no chemicals have been used since the 1960s)

and old vines like these give a regional wine uncommon depth and drive

then six months in tank allows the wine to breathe before bottling

Cantenac-Brown's 2015 shows the opulence and structure this prestigious vintage delivered

and the team Jim trained continues to make the wines exactly as he would have wanted — restrained

Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'Guardiola', 2024 AFKAT_2024 though no chemicals have beenAt 900 to 1,000 meters, Guardiola is the highest vineyard Terre Nere farms and among the highest red wine vineyards in Europe high enough that every task is done by hand and the terraces get narrower as the slope steepens. The soil is as lean as the air: loose sand and basaltic gravel that holds almost no water, which is why the wine comes out so severe and so mineral. The vines run 90 to 120 years old across a single hectare in Castiglione di