{"product_id":"frank-cornelissen-susucaru-terre-siciliane-rosato-2025","title":"Frank Cornelissen, Susucaru Terre Siciliane Rosato 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eNerello Mascalese, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMalvasia, Moscadella, Catarratto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEtna, Sicily, Italy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDestemming and light pressing, manual punching down and soft pressing. Fermentation starts with a “pied-de-cuve” of only indigenous yeasts with the skins for about 10 days. Maturation in neutral fiberglass tanks from 2500 to 8000 liters. No fining. Filtration before bottling with 1 micron PP cartridges. Sulphur values can vary between 15 to 50 mg\/L when necessary, depending on the vintage. 30,000 bottles produced annually. VEGAN.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrank Cornelissen is the owner of 19 hectares of vines rather high up on Mount Etna. Uniquely, he has been involved in wine his entire life. As the son of a wine broker in Belgium, he had the opportunity to be immersed in wine on a professional level from a very young age. Frank went on to produce his first wine in 2001 when he started with only 0.40 hectares of vines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrank is obsessive over details in an effort to make wines that truly express terroir with perspective. He is a meticulous vineyard worker and keeps an extremely clean and organized cellar. The evolution in his wines are intriguing as well. Earlier vintages were linear, angular, precise, and full of minerality. He has often said that in the early days his goal was to create liquid stone. His wines have softened with time now striking balance between fruit and dynamic minerality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile there are are many important details in his winemaking method, the key is in the vineyards. Frank is not Sicilian, so choosing Mount Etna was deliberate. The main reason to choose the North Valley of Etna was for its it’s incredible and unique diversity of volcanic soils that have an immutable voice. This in tandem with Etna’s primary varietal Nerello Mascalese, he believed he could make wines of great complexity and distiction. He has describes Nerello Mascalese to be somewhere between Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo. Frank’s best wines have the dry and sharp tannins you find in great nebbiolo, but with the lusher fruits of Pinot Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrank works without the use of herbicides, pesticides, nor any other chemicals. He occasionally uses biodynamic treatments, but not in the ways outlined by biodynamic calendars as he feels his vineyards have their own unique schedule!\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ZRS Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67614832525564,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.winetroy.com\/products\/frank-cornelissen-susucaru-terre-siciliane-rosato-2025","provider":"Troy Wine Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}