This is a full-bodied wine blessed with the lush blue and black berry flavors characteristic of excellent Nero d’Avola, along with plums, spice, black pepper and espresso nuances. The grapes, which are grown in hilly vineyards, yield a wine that is smooth, powerful, racy, and softly tannic. It’s a wine made for fare such pizza and beef or lamb ragu.
Firriato, Terre Siciliane IGT (Sicily, Italy) Nero d’Avola 2013
By Marguerite Thomas