Contrada P 2019 Passopisciaro
Let yourself be conquered by a glass of Sicilian red wine, produced on the slopes of Etna. Choose Franchetti's Nerello Mascalese Contrada P 2019 and you will discover a particularly rich and luxurious Sicilian red wine from Passopisciaro. Contrada P, Porcaria, is located at 650 m asl and is one of the most desired Etna terroirs precisely for the production of extraordinary wines.






Let yourself be conquered by a glass of Sicilian red wine, produced on the slopes of Etna. Choose Franchetti's Nerello Mascalese Contrada P 2019 and you will discover a particularly rich and luxurious Sicilian red wine from Passopisciaro. Contrada P, Porcaria, is located at 650 m asl and is one of the most desired Etna terroirs precisely for the production of extraordinary wines.
Denomination: IGT Terre Siciliane
Grapes variety: Nerello Mascalese 100%
Production area: Mount Etna, north side, Sicily
Altitude: 650 m asl
Terrain: thin layer of lava that crumbles under the feet
Age of the vineyard: 90 years
Plant density: 8000 plants per hectare
Yield per hectare: 45 quintals of grapes
Harvest period: 17th October
Grape harvest: Manual selection
Fertilization: None
Treatments: Clays, propolis, grapefruit seed extracts, copper and sulfur
Vinification: Steel tanks for about 15 days
Aging: 18 months in large wooden barrels
Bottling: Waning Moon April 2021
Production: 3750 bottles
Bottled by the winemaker Vini Franchetti Srl in its cellar in Castiglione di Sicilia (CT) - Italy
- Alcohol level
- 15%
- Cellars
- Passopisciaro
- Grapes
- Nerello mascalese
- Region
- Sicily
- Appellation
- Terre Siciliane IGT