Passopisciaro (Vini Franchetti)
Passopisciaro Contrada C 2019
| Denomination | Terre Siciliane IGT |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 15.0% by volume |
| Area | Sicily (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nerello Mascalese |
| Aging | Malolactic fermentation followed by 18 months aging in large, neutral oak barrels. |
| Other years | 2018 , 2020 |
Description
Contrada Chiappemacine (Contrada C) is a small district, located at 550m a.s.l., the lowest altitude of the five. This vineyard produces a full and round wine with because of the sandstone soil on the edge of the of the lava flows. Chiappemacine is a frustrating, satisfying, full-bodied wine. The breezes circulating during the day and a few roots that reach as far as the limestone give a frustrating, complete wine. We have 1.3 ha of vineyard in this Contrada.
Awards
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2019
92/100
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2019
2This guide is highly respected and offers the most comprehensive review of Italian wines. It has a long tradition and is based on blind tastings carried out by over 100 experts.
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2019
3One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.
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2019
92/100
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2019
3Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide
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2019
93/100
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Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 2000
- Oenologist: Andrea Franchetti
- Bottles produced: 90.000
- Hectares: 27
At the top of the steep Passopisciaro property looms a hump of black gravel. It’s where the lava spill from a big eruption in 1947 had stopped, caking up just before it could submerge whole terraces below it, vines, walls, and buildings: on Etna you can lose it all.
Here, it’s always very cold at night, even in August. During the day in the vineyards the lava powder penetrates in the skin and you get intoxicated, tired. The first wine I made was pale and meager, and I was discouraged. I planted other grapes; whatever is planted there the wine always tastes of citrus and camphor, without that generous body that you like earth to lend right away to a wine.
There’s no mold, no moss; the ground sparkles black like the night; the wine slowly becomes very elegant and strange. During the day a soft light penetrates everything and then there are starry nights; Etna has enormous poetry. Making wine, you have access to it. There isn’t Mother Nature here. You are conducting your viticulture on stuff that comes out of the terrible below.” (Andrea Franchetti) Read more
| Name | Passopisciaro Contrada C 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Terre Siciliane IGT |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 15.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nerello Mascalese |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Vendor | Passopisciaro (Vini Franchetti) |
| Origin | Castiglione di Sicilia (CT) |
| Climate | Altitude: 550 m. (1,800 ft) a.s.l. |
| Plants per hectare | 8000 plants per hectare |
| Yield per hectare | 30.7 hl/ha |
| Harvest | 28 October. |
| Wine making | Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel vats for 15 days. |
| Aging | Malolactic fermentation followed by 18 months aging in large, neutral oak barrels. |
| Year production | 2900 bottles |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
