2019 Lamoresca 'NERO' Rosso - SICILY, ITALY. 750ml
A new wine from Lamoresca. 100% Nero d’Avola. 20 year old vineyard, grown at 550m ASL, 2 months of maceration on the skins, aged in concrete tanks for a year. This comes in a trade label bottle, so don’t have a bottle image, or the alcohol percentage. 1500 bottles produced. Importer: Mondo Imports
It’s Nero, but maybe not as you know it. Spicy, almost mustard green or watercress, but also liquorice/aniseed, violets, earth, cherry and amaro. It’s fresh, sappy, an earthy grip to tannin, orange peel and spiced strawberry, so much zest and tang, but has the bass to go with it, and almonds. Fresh raspberry, dry and silty finish. Quite a wine. Classic Lamoresca feel, but different too. It’s a terrific wine. Fans of this producer should probably form an orderly queue. Drink : 2022 - 2026+
Winery notes
100% Nero d'Avola. “Why Nero d'Avola? Nero d''Avola is the most present grape in Sicily, and at the same time, often very badly vinified. Our Nero d'Avola comes from a 20 year old vineyard, 550 m above sea level, sandy soil. 2 months of maceration on the skins, aged in concrete tanks for 1 year, 2 years in the bottle. Production: 1500 bottles.
