The 2019 Sicilia Mille e Una Notte is a blend of Nero d'Avola, Petit Verdot, Syrah and other complementary grapes. Tasted quite young, this wine needs more age and certainly another year or two in bottle. The oak spice needs more time to melt into the beautiful dark fruit supplied in this classic vintage. The bouquet peels back to reveal black cherry, spice and baking chocolate. The concentration is medium rich, and its texture is velvety.
94+ points, Monica Larner, Wine Advocate (Jun 2023)
Hauntingly dark and spicy, the 2019 Mille e Una Notte opens with a burst of mentholated herbs, cloves, shaved cedar and crushed blackberries. It's seamlessly silky and elegant throughout. Textural waves of ripe red and black fruits ride a core of vibrant acidity, leaving balsam herbal tones, cocoa and fine-grained tannins in their wake. The 2019 finishes dramatically long and structured, with a twang of tart red plums and sage. This is a radiant yet powerful rendition of Mille e Una Notte, which will benefit from and demand cellaring.
94 points, Eric Guido, Vinous (Sep 2023)
Attractive red and darker berry character with dark licorice, aged citrus peel and moist earth. Full and complex with firm tannins framing the dark and blue fruit. It has a chalky, mineral backbone that adds structure and length, leading to a deep and long finish. Drink or hold.
94 points, James Suckling (Aug 2023)
The nose offers shades of black—from black cherries to blackberries to dark chocolate and black licorice, with pepper and mixed spices that become more powerful on the palate, thanks to a medicinal, astringent bite of roots and herbs outlined by austere, unforgiving tannins.
93 points, Danielle Callegari, Wine Enthusiast (Oct 2023)
It's hard not to love Mille e Una Notte. A blend of Nero d'Avola, Syrah and Petit Verdot matured in new barriques for 14 months and then in bottle for a further 24 months, it's very intense, very spicy and very fresh, full of fragrant spiced currants and blackberries with red fruit overtones. Silky, grippy tannins need more time to integrate, but they support the fruit well. The finish is long, breezy and balsamic.
92 points, James Button, Decanter (May 2023)
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