Frank Cornelissen
'Perpetuum 1' Rosso NV

250.00
Frank Cornelissen 'Perpetuum 1' Rosso NV

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Style

Cult

Country

Italy

Region

Sicily

Grape Variety

Nerello Mascalese

Vintage

NV

Body

Sweetness

Tannin

Acid

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Frank Cornelissen is one of the main figures behind today’s Etna wines’ popularity. He established his estate in 2001 on the northern part of the Sicilian Island, back when Etna as a wine region was relatively still undiscovered. 

Frank farms 24 hectares of vines mostly planted to the indigenous variety Nerello Mascalese, in the most traditional way, avoiding all treatments where possible. Instead, the estate idealises inter-plantation of fruit trees and beehives to regain a complex ecosystem. 

From the Estate range to the single vineyard cuvées (specific crus with individual expressions, produced and bottled only in exceptional vintages), the wines showcase the incomparable volcanic terroir with intensity and uniqueness – textural, yet with lively freshness and endless length.