Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'San Lorenzo', 2024 Matthiasson Fall 2024 and quince with the acidity

and quince with the acidity to keep going

so the wine stays bright

The 2023 is chiseled and mineral with a core of fresh stone fruit

But the vineyard's terroir—younger vines

finds modern expression through Iliana Malihin's biodynamic farming and wild fermentation

Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'San Lorenzo', 2024 Matthiasson Fall 2024 and quince with the aciditySan Lorenzo is one of only three contrade on Etna's north slope built entirely on Ellittico terroir the lava flows and volcaniclastic deposits laid down between roughly 60,000 and 15,000 years ago an origin it shares only with Calderara and Bocca d'Orzo. At 750 meters above Randazzo the ground is close to pure volcanic sand mixed with ash and stone, and that combination of loose, cool soil and genuinely cold nights gives a wine of real vigor held