Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'Guardiola', 2024 AFKAT_2024 and old vines like these

and old vines like these give a regional wine uncommon depth and drive

This is Sangiovese off land that used to be Biondi-Santi's: when Tancredi Biondi-Santi's holdings were divided among his children in the early 1970s

It's approachable young but rewards a few years in the cellar

He farms biodynamically and makes natural wines

Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna Rosso 'Guardiola', 2024 AFKAT_2024 and old vines like theseAt 900 to 1,000 meters, Guardiola is the highest vineyard Terre Nere farms and among the highest red wine vineyards in Europe high enough that every task is done by hand and the terraces get narrower as the slope steepens. The soil is as lean as the air: loose sand and basaltic gravel that holds almost no water, which is why the wine comes out so severe and so mineral. The vines run 90 to 120 years old across a single hectare in Castiglione di