Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosato, 2025 SO020526 Le Ragnaie the cider achieves remarkable balance

the cider achieves remarkable balance between the Newtown Pippin's tart

At 46 years old

this is an Oregon Chardonnay that rivals fine white Burgundy

Classified Second Growth in 1855 and owned by Chanel since 1994

which in Giacosa's language meant the standard release in a vintage where he did not declare a red-label Riserva

Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosato, 2025 SO020526 Le Ragnaie the cider achieves remarkable balanceTenuta delle Terre Nere is one of the benchmark estates on Mount Etna, and its rosato makes the case that Etna's great red grape, Nerello Mascalese, can be just as compelling pressed pale. Marco de Grazia farms high on the volcano's black, mineral rich soils of pumice, ash and lava, where huge day to night temperature swings and a late harvest keep everything vivid and fresh. The aim, in de Grazia's words, is a wine with the body of a white and the