“Feudo di Mezzo Il Quadro Delle Rose” Rosso Etna DOC 2024

Tenuta delle Terre Nere | Sicily
Az. Agr. Tenuta delle Terre Nere | Contrada Calderara | IT 95036 Randazzo

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Feudo di Mezzo is perhaps the largest Contrada in the entire Etna DOC – in terms of its homogeneous character, yet with marked differences in quality from plot to plot. Marco de Grazia compares it to the Clos de Vougeot in Burgundy: a vast area capable of producing great wine in its finest parts, and merely good wine in its weaker ones. The best plot in Feudo di Mezzo – de Grazia’s plot – is called: Il Quadro delle Rose. The Rose Plot. Castiglione di Sicilia, 650 metres, north-facing. 1.5 hectares, vines aged between 40 and 80 years on deep, ash-rich volcanic soils. 5,500 bottles per vintage. Il Quadro delle Rose is always the first vineyard to be harvested – and de Grazia explains why this shapes its character: the earlier harvest yields the most open, generous and soft wines of the entire estate.

Of all the crus, it has the velvety-smooth profile, the most delicate tannins and the most enveloping bouquet. "Its character is ethereal", as de Grazia puts it, with autumnal notes in its spicy, resinous bouquet. A wine that does not strive for power, but for texture, for depth without heaviness. And a wine that takes on a life of its own as it ages: its ‘twilight nature’ gains in luminosity over time.

A brilliant ruby red. The bouquet is velvety and autumnal – red cherry, rosehip, spices, cedar wood, a hint of resin and undergrowth. On the palate, it is exceptionally smooth, with almost whisper-soft tannins, precise and lingering acidity, and a warm, persistent final. The most generous wine from the estate – and, at the same time, the most inviting. SUPERIORE.DE