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Duca di Salaparuta - Duca Enrico 200th Anniversary2020

RED WINE

PUBLIC
February 2026
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Duca di Salaparuta - Duca Enrico 200th Anniversary label
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  • Country Italy
  • UPC 891006000060

Reviews

James Suckling 91

Licorice, star anise and cumin on the nose, alongside black cherries. Smoky hints, too. It's bold, ripe and spicy with full body and broad tannins. Big and chewy. Drink now or hold.

by CN, James Suckling , 2024

Vinous Media 92

The 2020 Duca Enrico is spicy from the first tilt of the glass, blending medicinal cherries with cedar shavings, cloves and dried violets. This washes across the palette with silken textures contrasted by a core of zesty acidity. Tart red berry fruits and hints of sour citrus add tension throughout. It finishes with staining length while mixing savory and sweet as a cascade of spice and licorice slowly taper off. This energetic Nero d'Avola is a pleasure to taste yet requires a bit of cellaring to integrate its oak.

by EG, Vinous Media , 2024

Wine Enthusiast 92

On the nose, sweet aromas of vanilla, tobacco, blackberry and sugar plum waft above spicy, weightier notes of cinnamon, cardamom and clove. The more decadently sweet palate asserts flavors of macerated blackberries and whipped cream, but passion fruit also brings out the blackberries' tartness, and tannins provide grit.

by DC, Wine Enthusiast , 2024

Wine Spectator 90

There's a ripe, almost jammy quality to the black raspberry, black currant and black cherry fruit flavors, but all are balanced nicely by bright, blood orange peel acidity and savory notes of herbed olive, milled pepper and leather. The fine tannins are creamy on the licorice-laced finish.

by AN, Wine Spectator , 2024

Technical Details

Ageing

Fermentation continues with precise maceration and delestage. Once fermentation is complete, the wine remains in contact with the grape skins for a further week. After the first racking, malolactic fermentation takes place in concrete tanks, followed by 14-18 months of ageing in new or second-use, fine-grained and elegantly toasted oak barriques.

Harvest

The grapes were hand-picked from 30 September to 2 October 2020 and transported to the winery in 3 kg crates by refrigerated lorry.

Pairings

It is ideal with grilled and braised red meats and game. It is excellent with medium and mature cheeses.

Tasting Notes

Duca Enrico, vibrant red in colour with purple tinges, stands out for its complexity and elegance. The citrus notes of blood orange and spices are complemented on the nose by hints of red berries, which are due to ageing in barriques. It is vertical on the palate, with sweet, enveloping tannins and a lingering finish.

Vinification

After the crates have been unloaded, the grapes are sorted on a conveyor belt. After the grapes have been destemmed, they are taken to the fermentation vessel where alcoholic fermentation begins at a controlled temperature of 26-28C, while the pulp and skins undergo maceration.