IDDA Brut Zero Fine if not sensational quality

Fine if not sensational quality in a very forward style

The fruit still shows plenty of intensity and the tannins have softened

It was bottled in November 2018

15% Grenache and 3% Viognier

Chewy tannins after a very mellifluous palate

IDDA Brut Zero Fine if not sensational qualityThe 2017 Etna Rosso is almost all Nerello Mascalese with a small 10% part of Nerello Cappuccio that makes for an ideal blending partner. This was a scorching hot vintage, but Gaia Gaja and Alberto Graci tell me that compact basalt rocky soils make for a unique situation in which vine root systems can find ample humidity underground despite dry and sun drenched soil at the top level. Dig just under the surface, Gaia Gaja tells me, and the soils are