Tenuta delle Terre Nere Cuvee delle Vigne Niche Montalto Etna Bianco, Sicily, Italy 2022 Loire Valley steadily building in tension as

steadily building in tension as tart wild berries and orange hints give way to a sweet herbal thrust

where cool fall weather allowed us to delay harvesting this block until well into November

slightly confit-like red fruit

Subtle on the palate

joined by hints of dark chocolate

Tenuta delle Terre Nere Cuvee delle Vigne Niche Montalto Etna Bianco, Sicily, Italy 2022 Loire Valley steadily building in tension asFirmly established on the northern slopes of Etna, for many years I have also explored most of the other slopes buying grapes, making grapes for colleagues, measuring altitudes, studying geological features, verifying historical boundaries. I have carefully probed not only my northern territories, but also the eastern and southern ones, trying to estimate their qualities and their limits. At very high altitudes on the southern side I am convinced that