2017 Cusumano Nero D'Avola 6 Pack

92 POINTS

James Suckling

This is quite sweet and rich with a ton of blackberries and delicate herb and spice notes. Beautiful balance, thanks to the lively acidity and fresh tannins. Long, licorice finish. Drink or hold.

Wine Spectator

This balanced, medium-bodied red is aromatic, with light spice and floral notes accenting the juicy black raspberry and cherry fruit, herb and iron flavors. Features a lightly chewy finish. Drink now through 2021. 50,000 cases made, 22,000 cases imported.

Monica Larner - Wine Advocate

Here's a new wine from Cusumano with fruit from the Butera area near Caltanissetta. The 2017 Sicilia Nero d'Avola Disueri (packaged with a glass cork) pours from the bottle with inky black, almost purple intensity. I have rarely seen this darkness with Nero d'Avola. Made with fruit from a very hot vintage (farmed at the inland Tenuta San Giacomo vineyard), the bouquet delivers dense, heavy fruit with blackberry preserves, black olive and scorched earth. The wine is simple in the mouth with some softness but no evident sweetness. No oak is used in the winemaking process. Some 36,000 bottles were produced.

James Suckling

There’s some bitter chocolate, along with lots of black fruit and a hint of sweetness to balance. The generous, supple tannins make this so easy to enjoy. Long, ripe but harmonious finish. Drink or hold.