The skills for making handmade lace are nearly all replaced by the factory. Except in Sicily. Donnafugata Mille e una Notte is a red wine from Contessa Entellina DOC that has a tight grip on its joyous Nero d’Avola fruit like a short, sharp slap from a woman in mourning. Unashamed Italian austerity, with deep balsamic herbs and black-lace tannins with round Nero d’Avola berries saved from complete voluptuousness by cool harvesting the grapes in the middle of the night. If your idea of black is easy-wearing, wash n’ go then you may not be ready for the young widow with eyes of coal dressed in black lace; this is a traditional wine, yet made in a highly technological way, that seethes tension and speaks the vocabulary of the volcano. Brava.
Tasted at London International Wine Fair, 18 May at Nero d’Avola Qualita masterclass.
Image: Michael Roberts
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"Widow with eyes of coal" beautifully evocative metaphor for a tasting note. http://t.co/VyMSKRu via @winewomansong
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Latest blog. Compelled to write about Donnafugata Mille e una Notte Sicily: Dress Code Black. http://goo.gl/4iwmy via @winewomansong
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Blogged. Dress Code Black: Donnafugata Mille e una Notte – dark days indeed http://goo.gl/YqXlU via @winewomansong
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@winewomansong Re. speaking the vocabulary of the volcano http://bit.ly/lO9FM9 | I like, and enjoy, your evolving imagery, Juel.
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[…] An immediately striking and impressive personality, which seduced me enough to write a review on http://winewomansong.co.uk. This is 90% Nero d’Avola with a sprinkling of indigenous varieties from near Trapani. It is […]
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Love good Nero d’Avola & love Juel Mahoney @winewomansong 's descripton of this one… http://t.co/EiR8WQdj
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