Breathtaking wines from Sicily's highest vineyards!
Breathtaking wines from Sicily's highest vineyards!
Today we are excited to offer you wines from two exceptional estates from a region steeped in history and tradition.
Monterosso was founded when childhood friends Aurelio Marconi, Giovanni Ferlito, and Gianluca Strano decided to share their love of Sicily's native food and wine culture. Determined not to take any shortcuts, the trio started working with local producers to scout sites around Mount Etna. The search wasn't easy, taking years longer than anticipated. Eventually their patience paid off and they discovered an extraordinary plot containing 'pozzolan' soils - a reddish sand-like volcanic material formed over time from crumbling lava of several different eras of Mount Etna's history. Rich in iron, the soils impart their "Sisma" bottling with an almost Barolo-like quality. While this wine is a prime candidate for cellaring, the remaining wines from Monterosso are more forward, with fruit and freshness. The "Volcano" Rosso and Bianco are great introductions to the viticultural world of Mount Etna.
On the northern side of Mount Etna, Frank Cornelissen is crafting hyper site-specific bottlings from prime vineyards in a Burgundian style. His estate-level "Munjebel", available in red and white, represents his take on a classic Northern Etna style. The wines are fragrant and intense while maintaining a lovely tactile finish embodied in Etna's best wines. The vineyards are grouped into numerous contrade, or sectors, each with slightly different exposures and varied soil composition. Frank's mission has been to isolate these unique terroirs and let them speak through the glass.'MC' and 'CR' are premier-cru level of 70 year old vines,'VA' and 'Magma' are designated as Grand Cru, highlighting the Barbabecchi vineyard containing vines of 90-100 years of age.
-Ranggy Tapia
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Monterosso 2021 Terre Siciliane Etna Volcano Bianco
From organically sourced grapes, this white is 100% Carricante from the lower elevations at Mount Etna's base. The nose is subtle and pretty, with hints of cured lemon, green herbs, and wisps of white flowers. The palate is complex and...
$31.99
Monterosso 2020 Terre Siciliane Etna Volcano Rosso
Monterosso is named for the reddish Etna soils of sand and pumice in which their vines are grown. The Volcano Rosso is produced using 100% Nerello Mascalese, sourced from vineyards that are certified organic. Trained in the ancient Alberello Etneo...
$33.99
Monterosso 2020 Terre Siciliane Etna Volcano Rosato
Monterosso is named for the reddish Etna soils of sand and pumice in which their vines are grown. The Volcano Rosato is produced using 100% Nerello Mascalese, sourced from vineyards that Monterosso either manages or knows are being farmed with...
$31.99
Monterosso 2019 Terre Siciliane Etna Sisma Rosso
Vines are planted on volcanic Red Pozzolan soil composed of alternating layers of sand and pumiceintermixed with ash. Elevation is 700 meters above sea level and exposure is South-East. Very sunny withcooling breezes brought from near-by seas. The Sisma from...
$49.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2022 Terre Siciliane Etna Munjebel Bianco
Originally inaugurated as an orange wine these days the Munjebel sees less time on the skins for better freshness and fruit purity. Frank writes: "With the vintage 2015 I changed our technique to search for the purity and flavors of...
$54.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2021 Munjebel Rosso
50 year old vines from designated plots in Rampante Sottana, Crasà, Piano dei Daini along with some fruit sourced from the better parcels of his cru holdings. Hand-harvest destemmed fruit is gently pressed and macerated for 50 days. This wine...
$51.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2019 Munjebel VA 1.5L
VA = Vigna Alta Old vine (90+years) ungrafted Nerello Mascalese from Cornelissen's 3 highest vineyards (870-1000 metres). Frank writes: "It expresses beautifully the value and precision of the old vines, ungrafted Nerello Mascalese on the high terraces in the Northern...
$239.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2019 Munjebel VA
VA = Vigna Alta Old vine (90+years) ungrafted Nerello Mascalese from Cornelissen's 3 highest vineyards (870-1000 metres). Frank writes: "It expresses beautifully the value and precision of the old vines, ungrafted Nerello Mascalese on the high terraces in the Northern...
$114.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2019 Munjebel MC 1.5L
MC = Monte Colla – 70 year old vines, 750-780 meters above sea level. Cornelissen writes: "An extremely steep and terraced vineyard, beautifully exposed to sun and wind and right in front of Mount Etna. The sandy clay soil and...
$174.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2019 Munjebel MC
MC = Monte Colla – 70 year old vines, 750-780 meters above sea level. Cornelissen writes: "An extremely steep and terraced vineyard, beautifully exposed to sun and wind and right in front of Mount Etna. The sandy clay soil and...
$81.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2019 Munjebel CR 3L
CR = Campo Re – 70 year-old vines, 730 meters above sea level Campo Re is a vineyard of ungrafted Nerello Mascalese planted in deeper soils on the Western side of Mount Etna. There is often a deep and serious...
$389.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2019 Munjebel CR
CR = Campo Re – 70 year-old vines, 730 meters above sea level Campo Re is a vineyard of ungrafted Nerello Mascalese planted in deeper soils on the Western side of Mount Etna. There is often a deep and serious...
$81.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2019 Magma 1.5L
Vines of 100 year old ungrafted Nerello Mascalese from the Barbabecchi vineyard, planted at an altitute of 900 meters above sea level. This wine isn't made every year, just in the vintages that Frank considers to meet the exceptional quality...
$699.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2019 Magma
Vines of 100 year old ungrafted Nerello Mascalese from the Barbabecchi vineyard, planted at an altitute of 900 meters above sea level. This wine isn't made every year, just in the vintages that Frank considers to meet the exceptional quality...
$308.99
