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the kind of bottle that disappears quickly at the table without anyone overthinking it

he now farms 15 hectares biodynamically at the northern tip of the Cote de Nuits

"A whisper of mountain raspberries and rose hips

Oxidized for twelve years in Jerez's bodega

Pietradolce Etna Archineri Rosso 2020 SF Chronicle persistent lengthPietradolce, founded by Michele Faro on Etna's northern contrada slopes, has become one of the modern reference points for the mountain. Archineri is their single vineyard Nerello Mascalese, sourced from ungrafted vines over 80 years old growing on volcanic, lava rich soils at altitude. The 2020 is classic Etna red: high toned, transparent, mineral, and structured closer in shape to a serious Burgundy or Barolo than to anything Mediterranean. One of