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94 Vinous
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2032
With a bouquet like chiseling through sheer limestone with all of the smoky and flinty nuances that come with it, the 2022 Etna Bianco Le Vigne Niche Calderara Sottana is impossible to ignore. It’s silky upon entry yet quickly builds with mineral tension. A savory, sweet interplay of citrus and spice offsets ripe nectarines and apricots. The 2022 leaves the palate reeling with youthful tension and watering for more as it finishes with outstanding freshness. This may not be the longest-lived Calderara Sottana Bianco, yet there’s no rush. It’s a total charmer. - By Eric Guido on September 2023
- Grapes: Carricante
- Vineyards: Calderara Sottana and Calderara, Municipality of Randazzo
- Terrain: volcanic, extremely stony, shallow, very rich in sand
- Exposure: north side of Etna, from 600 to 650 meters above sea level
- Vine Age: from 15 to 30 years
