Lamoresca 'Nero' Terre Siciliane Nero d'Avola, Sicily ITA

100% Nero d’Avola. 20 year old vineyard, grown at 550m ASL, 2 months of maceration on the skins, aged in concrete tanks for a year. 1500 bottles produced.

It’s Nero, but maybe not as you know it. Spicy, almost mustard green or watercress, but also liquorice/aniseed, violets, earth, cherry and amaro. It’s fresh, sappy, an earthy grip to tannin, orange peel and spiced strawberry, so much zest and tang, but has the bass to go with it, and almonds. Fresh raspberry, dry and silty finish. Quite a wine. Classic Lamoresca feel, but different too. It’s a terrific wine. Fans of this producer should probably form an orderly queue. Aged in concrete tanks for 1 year, 2 years in the bottle.