Graci Etna Rosso Arcuria Sopra Il Pozzo DOC 2015
Graci Etna Rosso Arcuria Sopra Il Pozzo DOC 2015
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A small elevated terrace on Contrada Arcuria has produced a very special wine every year.
The wine has been light like a Barolo Monprivato, but also had elegance as such.
Alberto has every year mixed the juice in his regular Arcuria, but in 2015, for the first time ever, he has vinified the juice entirely himself.
The result is Arcuria Sopra il Pozzo, loosely translated OVER THE WELL, alluding to the river that flows beneath this terrace.
2000 bottles have been made. The wine is fantastically elegant, and it resembles great classic Barolo as much as great Pinot Noir.
It is young, but just super delicious.
The wine is fermented on cement, then 2 years in a Stockinger cask.
The wine is organic like everything else from Graci.
Product details
Country
Italy
Region
Sicily
Vintage
2015
Classification
Etna Rosso DOC
Grapes
Nerello Mascalese
Bottle size
75 cl
Alcohol
14%
Cork type
Cork
Critic reviews
95+
Monica Larner
Wine Advocate
This is a new wine from Alberto Graci with fruit sourced from the part of his vineyard holding located "above the well" in the Contrada Arcuria not too far from the Graci winery. The beautiful 2015 Etna Rosso Arcurìa Sopra il Pozzo pours from the bottle with medium intensity and mild ruby intensity. You might mistake this wine for a Pinot Noir or Nebbiolo if you were to judge by appearance alone. However, the bouquet shows that strong volcanic character that is unmistakable in the red wines from Etna; wild berries, blue flowers, red currant, licorice, mountain herbs and crushed stone all play leading roles on the bouquet. That dry tannin that I got in the top-shelf Quota 1000 Barbabecchi is not present here.
96+
Jyllands-Posten
Vin fra en helt særlig selektion, som Alberto Graci sourcer fra Acurìa-cruen på Etnas nordside, og det er decideret stor vin; aromaerne fine og flintede med bålrøg og aske, mint og urter. Frugten skinner med sine mange lag og glasklare aromaer af granatæble, rabarber og søde hindbær. Dertil velkalibreret fadkrydderi. En uhyre elegant og betagende vin med silkeblød struktur og balance, og så den arketypiske tørhed og det salte mineralske bid i finalen, som altid er at finde i seriøs Etna. Længden er imponerende, og tanninerne smeltende søde. Prisen er på vej op i stratosfæren, men også en stor vinøs oplevelse. 5/6 stjerner.