Other
Estate Bottled Nero d'Avola
Mendocino · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Grape
- Nero d'Avola
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Mendocino
- Appellation
- Mendocino
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
red meats · aged cheeses · pasta with rich sauces
Rated vintages
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200791 pts
John Chiarito is the first American to petition for the right to label his wine Nero d'Avola, a variety he grows just outside of the town of Ukiah in eastern Mendocino and a nod to his family's Southern Italian heritage (the grape is native to Sicily). Here he's made an outstand…