The nose is spicy and warm, with aromas of Mediterranean herbs, citrus, cherry blossoms and terra cotta, and a cooling sea breeze blowing through it all. Cherries and orange slices define the palate, but lots more herbs and soil provide balance, and acid adds a bright punchiness even as the fruit gives warmth and comfort.
94 points, Danielle Callegari, Wine Enthusiast (Jul 2025)
Bright and vivid with strawberry and cherry aromas highlighted with lemon zest and ash. Medium-bodied, this has a lovely core of fruit and fine tannins that are almost dusty. Turns to smoke, mineral and red fruits toward the end. Drink now or hold.
94 points, James Suckling (Jul 2024)
The 2022 Etna Rosso tempts the imagination as depths of crushed raspberry come together with rose petals, ground cloves, sage leaf and incense to form its truly captivating bouquet. This is elegant and softly contoured, with silky textures and ripe wild berry fruits that swirl throughout. A core of brilliant acidity and tactile mineral tones builds tension toward the close. It leaves a pleasantly bitter tinge to linger on while tapering off with a coating of fine tannins, hints of licorice and a sensation of liquid stone.
93 points, Eric Guido, Vinous (Jun 2024)
The Idda 2022 Etna Rosso shows medium color saturation with dark ruby and garnet highlights. The bouquet embraces more concentrated aromas of plump cherry and damson plum. There is a spicy hint of cinnamon, sweet spice and even a pinch of peppermint. With time, some of those purely Sicilian aromas of olive and toasted fennel seed add a little more dimension and depth to the bouquet. Idda represents a slightly riper and denser interpretation of Nerello Mascalese for near and medium-term drinking.
92 points, Monica Larner, Wine Advocate (Apr 2025)
There's a lovely, fragrant underpinning of tar-tinged smoke and Turkish spices wafting through the flavors of dried cherry and raspberry, red licorice, and macchia. Backed by vivid acidity and firm, snappy tannins, this is well-structured and harmonious, with a lasting, mineral-laced finish. Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio. Best from 2027 through 2032. 600 cases imported.
92 points, Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator (Apr 2025)
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