2018 Etna Rosso Guardiola

Like entering a shop selling exotic teas, spices, incense and dried flowers, 2018 Etna Rosso Guardiola holds your attention firmly. There’s a wonderful purity to its tart red fruits, yet also a lifted and feminine feel, as inner rose notes amass over a layer of youthful grippy tannins. Hints of licorice and cherry linger through the long and structured finale. The 2018 Guardiola should take on more weight with cellaring, yet I honestly wonder if its fruit can stand the test of time.