Susucaru Rosso 2022 - Frank Cornelissen

Sucucaru Rosso - Frank Cornelissen

The Susucaru Rosso by Frank Cornelissen is an elegant and Sicilian red wine produced by a blend that includes the majority of Nerello Mascalese and some native vines including Nerello Cappuccio, Minella Nera, Alicante Bouschet and Minella Bianco. The grapes come from old bush-trained 70-80 years old, which are found on the lava terraces of the northern slope of Etna. The particular vocation of the local territory and the careful manual selection of the bunches are the prelude to a spontaneous alcoholic fermentation in fiberglass tanks with refinement of some months in the same. Only light filtration with 3 micron cartridges before bottling. Susucaru Rosso has an intense ruby ​​red color. On the nose, the bouquet is characterized by fruity notes and mineral tones, with hints of citrus peel, licorice, black pepper and cloves. In the mouth it is elegant, of remarkable character and personality, modulated by a great finesse and a fine mineral freshness.

Service

We taste the Susucaru Rosso at a temperature of 16/18 ° in Ballon glass. The Susucaru Rosso could be drinking right away but left a few years in the cellar can give great emotions.

Pairing

It combines perfectly with first courses with game ragout, grilled and roasted meat, to try with a beefsteak with tomatoes and peas.

Cellar: Frank Cornelissen

The cellar of Frank Cornelissen is located in Solicchiata, on the north side of Mount Etna. Frank, of Belgian origin and exuberant and dynamic character who has always fallen in love with wine years ago to leave his land to come to Sicily and produce wine. Frank's philosophy of vine cultivation is that man is not able to fully understand Nature in its entirety, its delicate internal equilibrium, and therefore, any intervention is intended to overwhelm it, to dominate it. His approach, however, is completely different, he does not have his land, does not use any chemical, biological or biodynamic vineyards, grapes are harvested for perfect ripeness and fermentations take place in terracotta pots of various lava stone. Its vineyards are micro-farmed farmed forests with the sapling system, located in different districts at an altitude ranging between 600 and 900 m.s.l.m. Frank cultivates not only the typical vineyards of Etna such as Nerello Mascalese and Cappuccio but also old vines that have almost disappeared like Grecanico, Francis and La Minnella Bianca e Nera. His wines are authentic expressions of the eternal terror and as he says, "Wines before being good must be true."