2023 Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Bianco Santo Spirito

Highly Rated
From the ash-rich soils of Etna’s northern slopes, this Carricante combines vibrant acidity and volcanic minerality with a more open and expressive style.

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Description

The 2023 Santo Spirito Etna Bianco is a stunning expression of Carricante from the north-facing slopes of Mount Etna, where red wines typically dominate. Sourced from 10- to 40-year-old vines planted in deep volcanic ash soils, this site sits at 700–800 metres, capturing the bright acidity and vibrant fruit that define this wine.

Fermented in large French oak barrels and aged for nine months without new wood, this wine is beautifully textural and aromatic. Exotic orchard fruits, ripe citrus, and stone fruits meet delicate floral notes and hints of honeysuckle and vanilla. Its mineral backbone and velvety texture bring a balance of elegance and complexity, with a savoury, lifted finish that’s pure sophistication.

Santo Spirito offers a more open and expressive style compared to its sibling, Calderara Sottana, making it an excellent choice for immediate enjoyment or cellaring to reveal its full potential.

95 points
"This has beautiful freshness and honey character with sliced apples and pears as well as lemons and honey. Medium- to full-bodied, it has depth of fruit, minerals and a long finish with cement undertones. Drink or hold."
- James Suckling

95 points - "This has beautiful freshness and honey character with sliced apples and pears as well as lemons and honey. Medium- to full-bodied, it has depth of fruit, minerals and a long finish with cement undertones. Drink or hold." - James Suckling

Importer Notes:

Santo Spirito is a loosely packed fine ash vineyard with deep soils that sits at around 700–800 metres. Given the north is dedicated mostly to reds, it is rare to find old vine Carricante, but Marco has sections here that are 40 years old. These are coupled with plantings from 2007. Santo Spirito produces exuberant and aromatically lifted fruit, for both red and white grapes. The winemaking differs from Montalto in that after gentle pressing, fermentation occurs in oak barrels of 5 and 10 hectolitres under temperature control. Due to the highly acidic nature of the musts from the northern side, malolactic is allowed to follow. Ageing occurs for 9 months in French oak barriques, with no new barrels. Fruits are much more exotic, with orchard fruits, ripe citrus, stone fruits, honeysuckle and vanilla. The wine is very textural, almost velvety, with loads of complexity, and more savoury mineral notes, albeit on the more elegant and lifted side of the spectrum.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Carricante
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Feature High Score
Reviewed By James Suckling
Critic Score 95
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
Closure Cork

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