Nerello Mascalese

Vinmøte Øyvind 21.11.13

Rioja Becquer 2009

Ivrig og mørk vin. Rhoneaktig, Cote Rotie - Jamet ? Ltt søtlig munn, mister endel friskhet etter 1/2 time. Mye fat, snev av emmen bag in box". 88 poeng.

Nerello Mascalese "il monovitigno" 1999, Benanti

Sigar, varm sangioveseaktig munnfølelse. Krydret, litt hul og råtten, myk og bløt. Øyvind sa dette var en dårlig flaske. Brett-aktig og ikke vurdert.

The place of origin of this black-berry cultivar, historically the most widely spread in the Etnean is certainly the Mascali plain, on the Etna slopes where this vine has been cultivated for at least four centuries. Today, Nerello Mascalese of Etna is a group of very heterogeneous clonal populations. "Niureddu mascalisi" or "Niureddu", as Etnean wine-growers call it, is a vine with great vegetative and productive strength. On Etna the great vigor of Nerello Mascalese is highly affected by the vintage, cultivation area, raising system, density and cultural practices used. This involves considerable qualitative variability of grapes at ripening, particularly on some poliphenolic components.

As for quality, experience has widely proved that the best raising system for Nerello Mascalese is the traditional and very old one: grown as free standing bush (2-3 branches per tree with a spur bearing two buds) with high vine density per hectare (6,000/9,000 vine stocks per hectare, with vine row 1x1 or 1.25x1.25).

In the Etnean area, it is easy to find old or very old vineyards of Nerello Mascalese where it is curious to note the lack of a geometric vine row. This is because, on Etna, vine propagation frequently was and, partly still is, being made through offshot (purpania) namely the vine bine is put in the soil to restore the proximal failure: therefore in the old vineyards grown as free standing bush there are many root stock vines.

Feudo di Mezzo  "il Quadro delle Rose" Etna Rosso 2008, Tenuta delle Terre Nere

Varm nebbe, tørker ut i munnen, portvinspreg, grenache, syrah, bløt, tutti-frutti. Beaujolais-aktig stil. Ikke helt harmonisk og en lite vellykket vin. 83 poeng.

Santo Spirito Etna Rosso 2008, Tenuta delle Terre Nere

Purpurrød og frisk. Lukter litt riesling/hvitvin på nesa. I munnen Chateau Neuf du Pape. Åpenbart at vi har for få referanserammer her. Grove tanniner og en rå underliggende frukt. En mekelig vin, men betydelig bedre enn "Feudo di Mezzo" 89 poeng

Prephylloxera "La Vigne di Don Peppino" Etna Rosso 2008, Tenuta delle Terre Nere

Korket. Ikke vurdert.