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2018

Passopisciaro, Contrada Rampante "R"

Contrada Rampante "R"
Terre Siciliane IGT
0,75
Red
The highest of the six Etna Contrada that Franchetti works with is also the most famous. With its old Nerello Mascalese vines that are reaching a century of age, the wine is venerated by many of the producers who work the slopes of the ancient volcano. Rampante is always very fragrant and aerien with notes of summer flowers mingling with the very expressive notes of gorse, sage and mineral notes from the larva soil. Coming from a 1.4-hectare parcel at 1,000 m above sea level, in 2018, there is a cooler, minty character to the wine with a beautiful, silky texture. A bright, crispy taste of raspberries and sloes appears on the palate and a precise, quite intense structure which, not for the first time, reminds us of a top Burgundy.
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SKU 2018288-00750
Vintage 2018
Volume 0,75 L
Country Italy
Region Sicilia
Appellation Terre Siciliane IGT
Château Passopisciaro
Cuvee Contrada Rampante "R"
Producer Andrea Franchetti
Alcohol 12.5%
Drink From 2023
Drink Till 2030
Website http://www.vinifranchetti.com/
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The story

In 2000, Andrea Franchetti, one of Italy's most exciting winemakers, decided to restore an old farmhouse and cellars on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily. The winery is located about a thousand metres above the small wine town of Passopisciaro on the northern slope of the volcano. His first task was to clean and restore the ...

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