Passopisciaro Contrada Rampante 2015

Passopisciaro Contrada Rampante 2015

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Sicily - Italy
Red still

How to serve

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Glass:
Young Red Wines
Passopisciaro Contrada Rampante 2015
Is an ancient, 1000 mt high cru that produces one of the finest and the most aromatic wines of Mount Etna because of the sandy character that the lava has acquired.

Pairing

Meat
Game
Cheese

Features

Name Passopisciaro Contrada Rampante 2015
Type Red still
Classification IGT Sicilia
Year 2015
Size 0,75 l Standard
Alcohol content 13.50% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Nerello Mascalese
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Climate Altitude: 1000 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition Contrada very high located over a thousand meters, where the soil is more sandy, oxidized, very old lava.
No. plants per hectare 8000 plants per hectare
Yield per hectare 15 hl/ha
Vinification Alcoholic fermentation for 15 days in steel vats.
Ageing Malolactic fermentation 18 months in large oak barrels.
Production year 2,900 bottles
Allergens Contains sulphites

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Vintage

xtraWine
95/100 
2015
Gambero Rosso
 
3 red glasses - Absolutely superb. Only 305 out of 18000. 2019
Decanter
94/100 
2017
Vitae AIS
 
4 vines - One of the best wines ever 2017
Robert Parker
93/100 
2010
Veronelli
 
3 gold stars - One of the best wines ever. Top rated for at least 3 years. 2009
Passopisciaro (Vini Franchetti)
From this winery:

“Volcanoes are gloomy places, and when I arrived, Mt. Etna was even gloomier because it was an abandoned volcano. Wineries lay collapsed all over its slopes; stonewalled terraces disappeared everywhere up the mountain in the bushes. There was the mis...

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