Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Moganazzi 2022

• Size: 750ml
• Vintage: 2022
• ABV: 14%
• Origin: Mount Etna / Sicily / Italy
• Grapes: Nerello Mascalese

Description

Marc de Grazia hails from Piemonte but championed the revival of Mt Etna wines back in the early 2000s when vineyards cost almost nothing - now land on this majestic volcano is some of the most sought after in Europe and the wines have become globally recognised for quality and distinctiveness. He created Tenuta della Terre Nere (land of the black earth) in 2002 and has been instrumental in identifying and classifying the finest 'cru', or contrada as they are known locally, on the prestigious northern slopes of Mt Etna where the vines take some respite from the Mediterranean sun thanks to aspect and altitude.

While we eagerly await the September release of the 2020 Etna Rosso’s, we are delighted to have secured an allocation of the outstanding 2019 Etna Rosso from the ‘Premier Cru’ Moganazzi vineyard

“Moganazzi and Guardiola, with Santo Spirito closely following, have always been considered the best terroirs of the Municipality of Castiglione, the largest of the northern slopes of Etna. Consequently, in 2007, when I discovered a very small plot of Moganazzi for sale, I grabbed it without hesitation. But it was so tiny that I decided to dedicate its splendid wine – three barriques! – to a charity project linked to the Meyer pediatric hospital in Florence. Three years ago we managed to buy an adjacent parcel and rent another piece immediately next to it. So, with the 2017 harvest, I began to bottle the Moganazzi cru also for Terre Nere”. Marco de Grazia