Passobianco - Terre Siciliane I.G.P. - Passopisciaro Franchetti

€23.00
Passobianco from the Passopisciaro winery on Mount Etna part of the famous Franchetti wine company. This is one of two lovely white wines from this winery that mainly is known for their red wines consisting of an array of top-class single vineyard red wines. The vineyards are located at an altitude between 500 and 1000 m and the age of the vines range from 20 to 110 years. This lovely straw yellow white wine made purely from chardonnay grapes has notes of tropical fruit and apricot that combine with nuances of toasted cereals, honey and white rose. The taste is elegant rich and soft with a beautiful minerality.
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Andrea Franchetti arrived on Mt. Etna in 2000 and helped to initiate the renaissance of viticulture on the mountain and an international discovery of the region as a quality wine region. The Passopisciaro winery makes eight different wines from vines growing in different contrade-vineyards at Etna. The Etna volcano gives relatively frequent lava spills. While these spills devastate the landscape, each lava flow leaves a unique mineral profile, giving rise to the notion of various terroirs, called contrada – which form the basis for the very different wines produced.. At Passopisciaro, they use the strengths of the terroir on Etna to produce wines of remarkable complexity and individual personality.

When Franchetti arrived on Mt. Etna, he planted 4 hectares of Chardonnay on steep terraces between 850 and 1,000 meters in Contrada Guardiola, in very loose, deep, powder-like lava that is rich in minerals. The grapes for this white wine were manually harvested, carefully sorted and destemmed. The wine had a traditional fermentation for 20 days in steel vats and aged for 17 months cement vats and large oak barrels.

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Data sheet

Region
Sicilia
Classification
Terre Siciliane I.G.P.
Wine style
Dry white wine
Grapes
Chardonnay
Vintage
2020
Maturation
Aged for 17 months cement vats and large oak barrels.
Bouquet
Notes of tropical fruit and apricot that combine with nuances of toasted cereals, honey and white rose.
Taste
Medium intensity and structure, great elegance, soft, rich and with a beautiful minerality.
Pairs with
White meats, smoked fish, fish pasta with tomato.
Alcohol
13% vol.
Volume
0,75 l
Producer
Passopisciaro - Franchetti

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