Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'Santo Spirito', 2024 TheVeryGreatest Thomas and Florent (ninth generation)

Thomas and Florent (ninth generation) have worked the estate since 2002

and textural

The result has more texture and depth than most Aligote

subtle stone-fruit notes

Amélie Berthaut

Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'Santo Spirito', 2024 TheVeryGreatest Thomas and Florent (ninth generation)Of the crus in this lineup, Santo Spirito is the sensual one. It runs from 700 to 850 meters in Castiglione di Sicilia, descending gently toward the Alcantara river valley, and unlike its rougher neighbor Guardiola just uphill, the soil here is deep and almost exclusively volcanic ash no gravel field, no fist sized basalt, just fine dark ash that holds water. That gives an almost fleshy bouquet and a rich, enveloping palate that still manages to stay