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“Passobianco” Terre Siciliane IGT 2022
Passobianco is simply marvellous every year. It rises with a sweet burst of white flowers and candied lime, then pulls the taster back to earth with wet stone and savoury herbs. It's smooth and round with pure fruit flavours that make it creamy as it warms on the palate. Finishes with medium length, is crisp and refreshing and leaves a lingering baked apple note. A single-varietal Chardonnay that is expertly balanced and should develop superbly over several years. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 12 months cement tank/oak barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 10‑12 °C
- Storage potential: 2030+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 22,25 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,45 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 65 mg/l
- pH value: 3,41
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Passorosso” Etna DOC 2022
Passorosso is a single-varietal Nerello Mascalese with a bright ruby red colour and fine garnet reflections. Proud and fascinating, it has an intense aroma of red berries, coffee and olives. Its captivating flavour convinces with clear, well-defined fruit and pronounced minerality. Graceful and special. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large wooden barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2032+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 29,91 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,94 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 75 mg/l
- pH value: 3,35
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada R (Rampante) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2019
Contrada Rampante grows on the highest vineyard of Passopisciaro. The soils have a higher sand content and the harvest takes place later here. On the nose, dark red cherries, flowers, mint and liquorice. Rampante is an elegant, energetic red with clear fruit and silky tannins. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2032+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 29,35 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,35 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 88 mg/l
- pH value: 3,29
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada C (Chiappemacine) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2019
Passopisciaro's Contrada C is an exquisite red with a dark sensual fruit bouquet. Stylistically like a great Pinot Noir or Nebbiolo, of remarkable intensity on the palate until the lingering final. A muscular and weightless wine at the same time. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2032+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 30,25 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,15 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 96 mg/l
- pH value: 3,33
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada P (Porcaria) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2019
Etna is one of Italy's most fascinating wine regions and Andrea Franchetti is probably the most fanatical producer in this area. Added to this are eighty-year-old indigenous Nerello Mascalese vines. The single vineyard Contrada Porcaria has a thoroughly masculine personality. Darkly scented with ripe fruit and menthol, the palate is predominantly spice and mineral with many other facets. The course and the final are rich, dense and very convincing. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2032+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 32,65 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,42 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 95 mg/l
- pH value: 3,38
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada P (Porcaria) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2020
Etna is one of Italy's most fascinating wine regions and Andrea Franchetti is probably the most fanatical producer in this area. Added to this are eighty-year-old indigenous Nerello Mascalese vines. The single vineyard Contrada Porcaria has a thoroughly masculine personality. Darkly scented with ripe fruit and menthol, the palate is predominantly spice and mineral with many other facets. The course and the final are rich, dense and very convincing. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2033+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 32,15 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,38 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 89 mg/l
- pH value: 3,40
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada PC (PassoChianche) Terre Siciliane IGT 2021
The individual parcels (micro-locations) on Etna are called Contrade and the Contrada Passochianche (PC) is the Chardonnay cru from the magical hand of Andrea Franchetti. The visionary, who sadly passed away in 2021, planted high-density Chardonnay here at an altitude of around 900 metres back in 2000. The 2018 vintage marked the debut of a wine that impressively reflects Franchetti's many years of experience on Etna. Like all Contrade wines, it has its very own personality and demonstrates very clearly how a grape variety gains its very own form of expression in different locations. Just 2,660 bottles of this fresh, characterful and salty-mineral Chardonnay were filled. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months oak barrel on the fine yeast
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 10‑12 °C
- Storage potential: 2033+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 22,61 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,11 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 66 mg/l
- pH value: 3,39
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada G (Guardiola) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2020
Ruby garnet colour, fine violet note and many spices in the bouquet. Dense and compact with taut tannin and sweet fruit melt. Given time, this already very elegant red (age of the vines: 100 years, production: 4,000 bottles) is at the beginning of a long, promising development. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2033+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 33,36 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,28 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 96 mg/l
- pH value: 3,40
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada S (Sciaranuova) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2020
Ruby garnet colour, fine violet and rose notes and many spices in the bouquet. Dense and compact with taut tannin and sweet fruit melt. Given time, this captivating red is at the beginning of a long, promising development. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2033+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 30,25 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,35 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 89 mg/l
- pH value: 3,32
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada C (Chiappemacine) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2020
Passopisciaro's Contrada C is an exquisite red with a dark sensual fruit bouquet. Stylistically like a great Pinot Noir or Nebbiolo, of remarkable intensity on the palate until the lingering final. A muscular and weightless wine at the same time. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2033+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 29,95 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,02 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 89 mg/l
- pH value: 3,35
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada R (Rampante) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2020
Contrada Rampante grows on the highest vineyard of Passopisciaro. The soils have a higher sand content and the harvest takes place later here. On the nose, dark red cherries, flowers, mint and liquorice. Rampante is an elegant, energetic and dynamic red with clear fruit and silky tannins. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2032+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 29,35 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,35 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 88 mg/l
- pH value: 3,29
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Passorosso” Etna DOC 2020 · MAGNUM
Passorosso is a single-varietal Nerello Mascalese that shows fine garnet-red reflections in its bright ruby red. Proud and fascinating, it presents an intense bouquet of red berries, coffee and olives. Its engaging taste convinces with clear, well-defined fruit and pronounced minerality. Graceful and special. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large wooden barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2031+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 30,35 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,95 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 75 mg/l
- pH value: 3,35
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned19152220 · 1,5 l · 39,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping7 units available
Contrada C (Chiappemacine) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2022
Passopisciaro's Contrada C is an exquisite red with a dark, sensual bouquet of red fruits and rose petals. Stylistically like a great Pinot Noir or Nebbiolo, with remarkable intensity on the palate right through to the lingering final. A wine that is both muscular and weightless. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2035+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 29,95 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,09 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 86 mg/l
- pH value: 3,34
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada R (Rampante) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2022
Contrada Rampante grows on the highest vineyard in Passopisciaro. The soils have a higher proportion of sand and the harvest takes place later here. Dark red cherries, flowers, mint and liquorice on the nose. Rampante is an elegant, energetic and dynamic red with clear fruit and silky tannins. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2034+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 29,61 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,22 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 86 mg/l
- pH value: 3,32
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada G (Guardiola) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2022
Ruby garnet colour, fine violet notes and lots of spices on the nose. Dense and compact with taut tannins and sweet fruit flavours. Given time, this already very elegant red (age of the vines: 100 years, production: 4,000 bottles) is at the beginning of a long, promising development. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2035+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 31,05 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,24 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 90 mg/l
- pH value: 3,39
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Contrada P (Porcaria) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2022
Etna is one of Italy's most fascinating wine regions and the Franchetti winery has brought it to life. The single vineyard Contrada Porcaria has a thoroughly masculine personality. Eighty-year-old, indigenous Nerello Mascalese vines are also used. With a dark flavour of ripe fruit and menthol, the palate is dominated by spices and minerals with many other facets. The final is rich, dense and very convincing. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2035+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 30,89 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,29 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 87 mg/l
- pH value: 3,38
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned19152422 · 0,75 l · 78,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
Contrada S (Sciaranuova) Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2022
Ruby garnet colour, fine notes of violets and roses and lots of spices on the nose. Dense and compact with taut tannins and sweet fruit flavours. Given time, this captivating red is at the beginning of a long, promising development. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2035+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 30,11 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,24 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 84 mg/l
- pH value: 3,31
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Franchetti” Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2019
Franchetti Rosso is Passopisciaro's flagship wine and a stunningly perfect wine. The grapes come from 1000-metre-high northern Etna vineyard sites, where the soils are ash and pumice. Franchetti is a ripe, exotic wine that envelops the palate with dark fruit. Refined tannins support the fruit, while an intense inner sweetness adds elegance and finesse. A thoroughly outstanding drop. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 60% Petit Verdot, 40% Cesanes D'Affile
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 14 months cement tank/7 months new barrique
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2042+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 31,55 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,25 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 69 mg/l
- pH value: 3,44
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned19153119 · 0,75 l · 126,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
“Franchetti” Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2020
Franchetti Rosso is Passopisciaro's flagship wine and a stunningly perfect wine. The grapes come from 1000-metre-high northern Etna vineyard sites, where the soils are ash and pumice. Franchetti is a ripe, exotic wine that envelops the palate with dark fruit. Refined tannins support the fruit, while an intense inner sweetness adds elegance and finesse. A thoroughly outstanding drop. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 60% Petit Verdot, 40% Cesanes D'Affile
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 14 months cement tank/7 months new barrique
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2043+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 31,95 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,15 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 67 mg/l
- pH value: 3,42
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Franchetti” Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2022
Franchetti Rosso is Passopisciaro's flagship and a breathtakingly perfect wine. The grapes come from vineyards 1000 metres above sea level in the north of Etna, where the soils consist of ash and pumice. Franchetti is a ripe, exotic wine that envelops the palate with dark fruit flavours. Refined tannins support the fruit, while an intense inner sweetness lends elegance and finesse. A thoroughly outstanding wine with wonderful development potential. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 70% Petit Verdot, 30% Cesanes D'Affile
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 14 months cement tank/7 months new barrique
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2045+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 31,65 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,12 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 65 mg/l
- pH value: 3,39
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Passorosso” Etna DOC 2020 · Double MAGNUM in OWC
Passorosso is a single-varietal Nerello Mascalese that shows fine garnet-red reflections in its bright ruby red. Proud and fascinating, it presents an intense bouquet of red berries, coffee and olives. Its engaging taste convinces with clear, well-defined fruit and pronounced minerality. Graceful and special. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nerello
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 to 20 months large wooden barrel
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2033+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 30,35 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,95 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 75 mg/l
- pH value: 3,35
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Franchetti” Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2019 · MAGNUM in OWC
Franchetti Rosso is Passopisciaro's flagship wine and a stunningly perfect wine. The grapes come from 1000-metre-high northern Etna vineyard sites, where the soils are ash and pumice. Franchetti is a ripe, exotic wine that envelops the palate with dark fruit. Refined tannins support the fruit, while an intense inner sweetness adds elegance and finesse. A thoroughly outstanding drop. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 60% Petit Verdot, 40% Cesanes D'Affile
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 14 months cement tank/7 months new barrique
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2044+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 31,55 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,25 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 69 mg/l
- pH value: 3,44
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned19153719 · 1,5 l · 132,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping10 units available
“Franchetti” Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2020 · MAGNUM in OWC
Franchetti Rosso is Passopisciaro's flagship wine and a stunningly perfect wine. The grapes come from 1000-metre-high northern Etna vineyard sites, where the soils are ash and pumice. Franchetti is a ripe, exotic wine that envelops the palate with dark fruit. Refined tannins support the fruit, while an intense inner sweetness adds elegance and finesse. A thoroughly outstanding drop. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 60% Petit Verdot, 40% Cesanes D'Affile
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 14 months cement tank/7 months new barrique
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2045+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 31,95 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,15 g/l
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 67 mg/l
- pH value: 3,42
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Franchetti” Rosso Terre Siciliane IGT 2022 · MAGNUM
Franchetti Rosso is Passopisciaro's flagship and a breathtakingly perfect wine. The grapes come from vineyards 1000 metres above sea level in the north of Etna, where the soils consist of ash and pumice. Franchetti is a ripe, exotic wine that envelops the palate with dark fruit flavours. Refined tannins support the fruit, while an intense inner sweetness lends elegance and finesse. A thoroughly outstanding wine with wonderful development potential. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 70% Petit Verdot, 30% Cesanes D'Affile
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 14 months cement tank/7 months new barrique
- Vegan: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2047+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 31,65 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,12 g/l
- Residual sugar: < 1,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 65 mg/l
- pH value: 3,39
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned19153722 · 1,5 l · 166,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping3 units available

Although he was trained as an Oenologist and agronomist in Bordeaux and came from Tuscany and already owned the very successful Tenuta di Trinoro winery in Maremma, Andrea Franchetti, a former actor, restaurateur and wine importer from Rome, was one of the fathers of the oenological renewal on Etna. At high altitude, the brilliant and energetic all-rounder launched another winery on the northern slope of the Sicilian volcano after extensive experimentation in 2000, which he simply named after the surrounding municipality of Passopisciaro. Since its foundation, Andrea has exploited the originally fallow potential of the very old vineyards, which require special care and are partly terraced. As a role model, the dynamic winemaker set the direction for many other winegrowers who invested in the specific terroir on Europe's most active volcano after him. In 2021, the "enfant terrible" of the Italian wine world died unexpectedly and, unfortunately, much too early. Since then, his legacy has been preserved and continued by his son Benjamin and the very experienced teams of the two wineries.
In the beginning, Franchetti produced only one wine on the mineral soils from old Nerello vines, now up to almost 90 years old: Passopisciaro. After he had gradually planted magnificent new vineyards in five very different areas in the Guardiola zone between Randazzo and Castiglione, more labels were added. Andrea also planted Nerello Mascalese on the added vineyards - here called Contrade - but partly also Chardonnay and some Petit Verdot. By planting Cesanese di Affile, he also chose a grape variety from his Roman homeland.
In terms of structure and elegance, the wines of Passipisciaro continue to set standards every year. Since the 2008 vintage, the "Collezione Contrada dell Etna" has been producing four characterful selections in very small quantities, which are vinified separately and matured in wooden barrels. The taste of these fine wines perfectly reflects the different climatic conditions, soils and altitudes of the up to 1,000-metre-high sites on Etna.
A very large temperature gradient between day and night, along with the mineral-rich subsoil consisting of lava and ash residue, give the wines of Passopisciaro their special character. Andrea not only knew how to interpret the wine of Etna impeccably, far from the beaten track, but he was also responsible for the conception and organisation of the annual "Contrade Etna" event, which has been and will continue to be an influential advertising message for the wine-growing region on the highest volcano in Europe. SUPERIORE.DE
"I only knew Andrea Franchetti from his wines. We obviously have the same taste in wine. His creations correspond exactly to what I expect from Etna red wines. They are rather bright, never superficial, always a bit austere, but complex and long-lasting."Andreas März, Merum
"Andrea Franchetti, with his Passopisciaro winery, was one of the pioneers of the new wines from Etna and the rediscovery of Nerello Mascalese. Today, the area is considered one of the most interesting in Italy." Falstaff
"Andrea Franchetti was not satisfied with merely producing profound wines at his Tuscan estate Tenuta di Trinoro. So he set out to repeat that success with Passopisciaro. These wines are simply breathtaking." Robert Parker
Facts
- Foundation of the estate: 2000
- Owner: Franchetti family
- Director and Oenologist: Vincenzo Lo Mauro
- Annual production: approx. 75,000 bottles
- Vineyard area: approx. 26 hectares
- Conventional cultivation