Here is a new and exciting wine from the folks at Donnafugata. The 2016 Etna Rosso Contrada Montelaguardia Fragore is a compact and mid-weightexpression that opens to a pretty garnet color with dark ruby hues. Thebouquet is redolent of wild berry and cassis, but you also get hints ofwild rose, smoke, tar and volcanic smoke. As a first vintage of thiswine from Etna, the folks at Donnafugata have hit the nail on the head.This is a great wine for a blackened tuna steak on the grill.
Luminous deep red. Knockout nose offers tangy red fruits, minerals and porcini complicated by Oriental spices and broom. Conveys an impressionof superb concentration but also of nonpareil refinement, boasting theuncanny combination of tactile presence and deep luscious pristine redfruit, aromatic herb and stony flavors. A wine of great length andpotential with a penetrating steely quality and with lots of fruitlurking in the background. This is the first vintage of Donnafugata’snew top of the line Etna Rosso and it’s a beauty. It undoubtedly helpsthat the grapes come from the Montelaguardia contrada, one of the lesserknown but terroir-wise, one of the of the very best Etna contradas ofall.
Als Markenzeichen Siziliens von internationalem Format beschreibt der italienische Weinführer Gambero Rosso das historische Familiengut Donnafugata. Dazu beigetragen hat sicher das enorme Engagement des Besitzers Giacomo Rallo. Hinzu kommt, dass Giacomo schon früh auf die heimischen Sorten Nero d’Avola, Catarratto, Ansonica, Grillo und Zibibbo gesetzt hat. Mit enorm viel Fingerspitzengefühl produziert die Familie absolute Weltklasse-Weine.
