2020 Etna Rosso Guardiola
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The 2020 Etna Rosso Guardiola grumbles up with a mineral-inflected blend of ashen stones, black cherries and dried roses. It's silky, round and supple upon entry, yet quickly gains in tension. Tart wild berry fruits and saline tones are carried across a core of brisk acidity. Inner rose and nuances of sour citrus are left to linger as the Guardiola finishes structured and long, leaving a staining of licorice behind. Today, the 2020 is holding its power in reserve. This is a formidable vintage of Guardiola.
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Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
Eric Guido, Vinous
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This is one of my favorite Etna wines. The Tenuta delle Terre Nere 2020 Etna Rosso Guardiola tends to show a slightly more nervous quality when sampled this young. This site sees a later harvest than the rest, and Guardiola always benefits from more bottle age. Fruit comes from the top part of Guardiola, right next to Santo Spirito, with poor volcanic sandy soil and basalt pebbles at 800 to 900 meters above sea level. A little religious shrine in the middle of the vines was burnt by lava in 1947. The bouquet offers moments of lilac, dried herb, blackcurrant and pencil shaving.