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Artisan.wine · Mount Etna · Sicily, Italy
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Mount Etna magic · only 2,750 cases made
The Tempier
of the Mediterranean.
Terre Nere Etna Rosato 2024 — the Burgundian-style, volcanic-soil rosato that lives on Michelin wine lists from Rome to New York. JS 94 · DM 92 · VM 91. At Artisan for $29.97.
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Dear Wine Lover,
There is one rosé in the wine world that gets reached for whenever someone wants to settle the "rosé can be serious" argument: Domaine Tempier Bandol Rosé. Provence, 1843, Mourvèdre-led, structured, ageworthy, the wine sommeliers buy by the case to drink themselves. Today there is finally a wine on the Mediterranean's other shore that drinks in exactly that register.
Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosato 2024 is grown on the northern slope of Mount Etna at 600 to 900 meters elevation, in vineyards built on 500,000 years of volcanic eruptions — black pumice, lava rock, volcanic ash, and almost nothing else. The grape is Nerello Mascalese, the dark, perfumed Sicilian native that critics routinely compare to Pinot Noir from Burgundy. Production is Burgundian too: organic farming, 10–15 days of maceration, malolactic, 18 months in oak before bottling. Only 2,750 cases made per year, worldwide.
You'll find it on the wine lists at Michelin-starred restaurants from Rome to Manhattan. At Artisan, it's $29.97 — about a quarter of what a serious Bandol commands. And we're rounding it out with seven of our other favorite Mt Etna and Sicily picks below.
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The Hero
Terre Nere Etna Rosato 2024.
94 · 92 · 91 across three majors. A Michelin wine-list darling. $29.97.
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The Featured Bottle · Mount Etna
Only 2,750 Cases Made
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Tenuta delle Terre Nere · Mount Etna
Etna Rosato DOC 2024
Sicily, Italy · 90% Nerello Mascalese, 10% Nerello Cappuccio
Northern-slope Etna fruit from vines aged 25 to 60 years, planted between 600 and 900 meters elevation in the townships of Randazzo and Castiglione di Sicilia. The volcanic ash and black pumice soil yields dramatic temperature swings between day and night — the same conditions that give Etna's reds their famously Burgundy-like fineness. Certified organic. Fermented and aged exclusively in stainless steel to preserve the volcanic minerality. Annual production: 2,750 nine-liter cases, worldwide.
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94James Suckling
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92Decanter
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91Vinous
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94 Points · James Suckling
"Complex, very floral and slightly smoky, this shows leesy character and a well-packed palate. Medium-bodied, it has silky texture and weight with a smoky, mineral finish. From organically grown grapes."
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92 Points · Decanter Magazine
"Showing really well, this Etna Rosato has some creamy cherry imbued with spice and salinity. Fresh and sapid on the finish, it's a lip-smacking, light and easy rosé."
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91 Points · Vinous · Eric Guido
"Dusty and floral, the 2024 Etna Rosato lifts up with a delicate mix of peach, ripe melon and minty herbs. It's juicy in character with crisp white cherry-berry tones that resonate. The 2024 tapers off with a gentle tension as hints of wild strawberry slowly fade."
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★ Michelin Wine-List Darling
You will find this rosato on the list at Michelin-starred Italian restaurants from Rome to Manhattan — usually marked up to $80 or $90 a bottle.
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$29.97
Per bottle · 24 in stock
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Mount Etna & Sicily · The Companion Lineup
Seven more worth crossing the Strait for.
A dark, intense rosato. Three killer whites. Two glorious reds. The world's greatest passito.
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For the hardcore rosato drinker
Deep · Dark · Lava-Rock Mineral
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Calabretta · Etna Rosso
Rosato IGT 2022
100% Nerello Mascalese · ~50% ungrafted · VM 91 (2021)
Massimiliano Calabretta makes wine, in his own words, "like Bartolo Mascarello" — a hardcore traditionalist working with 70 to 80-year-old vines, much of it ungrafted, organically farmed. Deep translucent red color, black lava-rock minerality, dried cherries, citrus tension, almost a Nebbiolo-like silhouette. A rosato that drinks like a serious red.
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Three Whites
Carricante, Carricante, and a Grillo.
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Pietradolce
Etna Bianco DOC 2024
100% Carricante
JS 94 · VM 91
Suckling: "creamy texture and fresh finish, bitter lemon at the end." Pure Etna Carricante — pears, sea salt, brine, honeysuckle, the volcanic backbone whites are made for.
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Tenuta Tascante
"Buonora" Carricante 2024
Tasca d'Almerita's Etna estate
DM 93 · JD 92 · VM 91
Decanter: "a great introduction to Etna whites… explosive palate, very fine balance, long stony finish." Tasca d'Almerita is Sicily's most respected wine family — 200 years deep.
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Donnafugata
"SurSur" Grillo Sicilia 2024
100% Grillo · Western Sicily
VM 91
Vinous: "candied lime, green melon, mint and chalk dust… a total pleasure to taste." A great-value Sicilian white from one of the island's most beloved family houses.
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Two Reds
An Etna Rosso. A Dolce & Gabbana statement.
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Pietradolce · Mount Etna
Etna Rosso DOC 2024
100% Nerello Mascalese
Falstaff 92
Etna's "junior Burgundy" — bright ruby, red currant, licorice, dried orange peel. Concentrated fruit, supporting tannins, fresh acidity. The classic Etna Rosso entry point at the perfect price.
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Donnafugata × Dolce & Gabbana
"Tancredi" Terre Siciliane 2021
Cab Sauv, Nero d'Avola, Tannat
Wine Enthusiast 93
Donnafugata's flagship Super-Sicilian, now with Dolce & Gabbana label art inspired by The Leopard. WE: "sweet, ripe blackberries… that sophisticated chocolate sweetness… chewy tannins." 14 months in oak, 2+ years in bottle.
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The Closer · "The World's Greatest Passito"
Masterclass Best-Seller
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Donnafugata · Pantelleria
"Ben Ryé" Passito di Pantelleria 2023 [375ml]
Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria) · the island of Pantelleria
The literal "child of the wind" — Zibibbo grown in the volcanic, wind-swept soils of Pantelleria, the tiny island between Sicily and Tunisia. Some of the vines are over 100 years old and ungrafted, having survived phylloxera. The grapes are dried in the sun, then pressed in batches and married to fresh must over a month-long fermentation. Aged 5 months in steel and 8+ months in bottle. The best-seller of every Artisan masterclass tasting, year after year.
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94+ Points · Vinous · Eric Guido
"Exotic yet remarkably fresh, the 2023 Ben Ryé bursts from the glass with a seductive blend of white raisins, minty herbs, poached peaches and tropical citrus. It is weighty, rich and harmonious throughout, coming across as sweet but not cloyingly so. Ultra-ripe pit fruit combines with candied lemon and a crisp mineral tinge that adds form toward the close. Dramatically long, the 2023 leaves a resonance of sour melon and an air of confectionary spice while cleaning up well, leaving the palate completely refreshed."
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$54.97
375ml · 14 in stock
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From Etna to Pantelleria
Eight Sicilian bottles
worth booking the trip for.
The Terre Nere Rosato hero (JS 94 · 2,750 cases). A dark, hardcore Calabretta. Three killer whites. Two glorious reds. And the masterclass-favorite Ben Ryé. $21.97 to $59.99.
Hero: Terre Nere Rosato $29.97 · Calabretta $23.97 · Whites from $21.97 · Reds from $35.97 · Ben Ryé $54.97
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All my best,
James Tran
Artisan.wine
P.S. The Terre Nere Rosato is the bottle to chill and reach for as the weather turns. 2,750 cases is the entire world allocation — ours is 24 bottles. Order a few before the Michelin lists eat through the rest. Questions? Text 650-880-3553.
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Please enjoy responsibly · Must be 21+ · Allocation limited; pricing & availability subject to change
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