2009 Pietradolce Archineri Etna Rosso

95pts(JS)This shows loads of intense fruit with dark berries and plums. Full bodied, with super velvety and polished tannins and a long, long finish. This is generous and complex. Drink now or hold.  James Suckling.com October 2011

93pts(IWR)The 2009 Pietradolce Archineri is a fascinating Etna Rosso. It's elegant and refined with gorgeous notes of mixed berry, plum, herbs, licorice, smoke and fresh minerals. Sleek and pure straight through the clean finish. Very pretty. (Drink 2012-2019) - International Wine Report August, 2012 (JD)

Perfumes explode from the glass - cherries and caramel char, cinnamon and cranberry - once the bottle is opened. The flavors are at once lush and precise, as every sip gives you the incredible, delectable sensation of biting through the skin and flesh of the ripest summer fruit. Plums, raspberries, orange rinds blend with rose petals, pomegranate jam, even hints of red apples. Nerello captures the harmony of fine Burgundy with the stately grace of Barolo, yet given its volcanic heart, is definitely its own experience. Winemaker Notes