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2017 Arcurìa, Sopra Il Pozzo, Etna Rosso, Graci, Sicily, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Nerello Mascalese
Ready - youthful (Drink 2022 - 2041)
Monica Larner
93/100
James Button
94/100
Product: 20178069160

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2017 Arcurìa, Sopra Il Pozzo, Etna Rosso, Graci, Sicily, Italy

Description

Graci's top-shelf red, the 2017 Etna Rosso Arcurìa Sopra il Pozzo, has started to embrace the complexity that comes with bottle ageing, and there are hints of spice, leather, dried fruit and more tertiary definition overall. The 2017 vintage was also very hot and dry, and the wine's open-knit presentation is surely due to those conditions. It offers accessible drinking. It wraps thickly over the palate with fine, dry tannin and lots of dried cherry and cassis. Production is 2,300 bottles.

Alberto Aiello Graci is one of the protagonists of the Etna wine movement. He has added a beautiful new white wine from the Contrada Mugnanazzi, which sits 700 meters above sea level, to his portfolio.

Drink 2023 - 2033

Monica Larner, Wine Advocate (June 2023)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Alcohol % 14.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2022 - 2041)
Grape List Nerello Mascalese
Body Full Bodied
Producer Graci, Sicily

Critics reviews

Monica Larner 93/100

Graci's top-shelf red, the 2017 Etna Rosso Arcurìa Sopra il Pozzo, has started to embrace the complexity that comes with bottle ageing, and there are hints of spice, leather, dried fruit and more tertiary definition overall. The 2017 vintage was also very hot and dry, and the wine's open-knit presentation is surely due to those conditions. It offers accessible drinking. It wraps thickly over the palate with fine, dry tannin and lots of dried cherry and cassis. Production is 2,300 bottles.

Drink 2023 - 2033
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate (Jun 2023)
James Button 94/100

Sopra il Pozzo in the Arcuria contrada was identified, following research in 2004, as having a different soil type to all the other vineyards in the area: alternating layers of stone and coarse sand. Made only in the best years, this single-vineyard expression is traditionally fermented in oak vats with a very long maceration time. It's matured for 18 months in large oak vats, followed by 12 months in bottle.

The 2017 vintage was a tough year and the team had to do some green harvesting. The resulting wine is full of fragrant and tangy red fruits. Grainy tannins on a textured palate lead to a mineral, stony finish with a flash of black cherry and balsam. Tense, mouthwatering and long. Very impressive.

Drink 2022 - 2040
James Button, Decanter.com (May 2022)

About this wine

Etna

Etna

On the rugged slopes of Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, winemaking thrives in dramatic conditions. Volcanic soils, high-altitude vineyards, and shifting microclimates combine to create wines of remarkable freshness, mineral depth, and elegance. Today, Etna is one of Italy’s most exciting wine regions, where ancient traditions meet modern craftsmanship.

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