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.

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