Frank Cornelissen - Munjebel Terre Siciliane CD Calderara Sottana one of the first contrade produced by the winery at 610 meters above sea level.
Frank Cornelissen - Munjebel Terre Siciliane CD Calderara Sottana one of the first contrade produced by the winery at 610 meters above sea level.
Frank Cornelissen - Munjebel Terre Siciliane CD Calderara Sottana one of the first contrade produced by the winery at 610 meters above sea level.
Frank Cornelissen - Munjebel Terre Siciliane CD Calderara Sottana one of the first contrade produced by the winery at 610 meters above sea level.

Frank Cornelissen – Munjebel Terre Siciliane CD Calderara Sottana – 2020

Cornelissen’s great foresight and good fortune was not only to have sensed the potential of an untapped territory but also to have identified specific areas that today are the most important and best for Etna wines. The Calderara contrada was among the first to be vinified, it is located in the North zone of the volcano at an altitude of 610 meters composed of lava soils rich in small stones that manage to retain heat even during the coldest years giving then very elegant wines. The winery owns a small plot in the southern part (Sottana) in which there are sapling plants over 60 years old; annual production is around 1,200 bottles. Winemaking is done in contact with the skins for 60 days with the use of indigenous yeasts while classic aging in fiberglass tanks of 1200 to 2500 liters for 18 months with another 18 months in the bottle. A beautiful expression of refinement, a wine in which there are red fruit and sulfur notes, the palate maintains great freshness and excellent minerality with an interesting depth on the finish.

  • Producer: Cornelissen Frank
  • Name: Munjebel Terre Siciliane CD Calderara Sottana – 2020
  • Grape Variety: 100% Nerello Mascalese
  • Vintage: 2020
  • Alcohol Content: 13%
  • Bottle Size: 750 ml
  • Production: 1480 bottles

Productive Notes: fermentation with indigenous yeasts for about 60 days. Aging in fiberglass tanks of 1200 to 2500 liters for about 18 months, and another 18 months in bottle.

Wine naturally contains solphites

98,00€

1 in stock

Description

“Accept and follow nature” is Frank Cornelissen’s winery philosophy. Of Belgian origin, after various winemaking experiences, he founded the winery in Sicily, on Mount Etna, in 2001. Right from the start, Cornelissen was struck by the fertile and extraordinary territory of the Etna volcano, seeking to produce wines of great expressive identity in an area that is, among other things, still little exploited and known. The key and fundamental concept of the winery is not to intervene invasively in the vineyard, thus avoiding the use of chemicals, plowing the land, but to follow nature. In addition, fruit trees and cereals are integrated into the vineyards, to avoid having a monoculture and help the ecosystem. The winery is located in Castiglione di Sicilia and manages 24 hectares of vineyards, woods and olive groves on the northern slope of Etna between 600 and 1,000 meters above sea level, an area most advantageous for the quality of Nerello Mascalese due to cooler temperatures. In addition to the respect and care for the land, to produce great and territorial wines the yields per plant are very low, between 300 and 600 grams of grapes. Even in the winery, only neutral containers are used for fermentations such as mastelli, or fiberglass for aging. The winery never uses wooden barrels! The style is really to enhance the volcanic soils of each individual district that give minerality and notes of sulfur, herbaceous, vegetal. Extraordinary Purist!

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