Munjebel Rosso 2022

Munjebel Rosso 2022

Product name: Mundjebel Rosso 2022

Producer name: Frank Cornelissen

Variety: Nerello Mascalese

Region: Italy > Sicily

Category: 赤

Capacity: 700ml

Dhs. 174.00
 
Dhs. 174.00
 

The ancient name for Mount Etna, Mongibello, comes from "Monte bello" (beautiful mountain), and is thought to have originally been derived from the Latin "Mons" (mountain) and the Arabic "Djibel" (mountain). The first vintage was 2001, and the winery has continued the good old Etna tradition of blending wines from vineyards with different characteristics (sometimes from different vintages) in a well-balanced way, but since 2012, it has been bottling wines from individual vintages. At the same time, they have also begun releasing Mungebello Rosso crus, each bottled from a single vineyard or a blend of multiple plots with similar altitudes and soil characteristics.

The unnamed Mungebel Rosso is a blend of Nerello Mascalese grapes from Chiusa Spagnolo (Zottolinoto), Porcaria (Feudi di Mezzo), Rampante Sottana, Crassa, and Piano dei Daini, each averaging 50 years of age. The grapes are carefully destemmed, lightly pressed, and then macerated and fermented for 50 days with a small amount of crushed grapes (pied de cuve) before the full harvest. The wine is then aged in 2,500-7,000 liter fiberglass tanks.

 

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Frank Cornelissen

"Frank Cornelissen" attracts the most attention in Etna, Sicily!

The latest vintage is now in stock.
Among the producers who claim to be natural, Frank Cornelissen is the most aggressive winemaker.
He was originally a wine merchant in Belgium and is a close friend of Mr. Ota, the president of the importer Vinaiota, and when we talk to him, he seems to be a very stoic person.
Organic farming, no pesticides, no fertilizers, and even Bordeaux liquid is used as little as possible (not used at all in 2001 and 2004). Fruits removed from the sorting process are returned to the fields to be used as fertilizer. We are creating a cycle back to nature.

It has been more than 15 years since Frank's wine has been introduced to Japan, but I still clearly remember the first time I drank Frank's wine.

As a result of Frank's commitment to only the perfect grapes, he was able to harvest only 5 kg of ``Magma'' from one plot.
A wine that makes you feel the intense passion of the creator, for better or for worse. To be frank, I'm not sure if I'd call this wine ``delicious,'' but there is no doubt that it was a frighteningly impressive liquid with surprising tension.

And Frank's wines in recent years. Extremely sophisticated, truly delicious, and has a deep flavor.
I sometimes think that maybe his mental state at the time is expressed in the wine.
In that sense, he may also be a wine maker and an "artist"...

This time we have arrived a cru series that expresses the individuality of each field of "Mungebelle Rosso", which is the core of Frankish wine.
This time we have 6 cru wines in stock!!

Mt. Etna is a mountain, so naturally the fields are on a slope with a slope. There are many fields of dark soil made of volcanic rock. Rather than a large field, there are many small plots. It is a unique land with completely different characteristics depending on the direction of the field and altitude.