2021 Munjebel Bianco

Frank Cornelissen was sitting in a bar in Sicily, when he had his first experience with Etnan vin. Though already a deeply established wine collector and auction haunter, the wine stunned him. He immediately hitched a ride to the mountain to see where the wine had come from, six months later he'd leased a vineyard. Over the years there have been many releases, the fabled Magma, the single site Nerellos, the Munjebel, the Susu...each and every cuveé achieving its cult status with gusto, gumpti...Read More...

Frank Cornelissen was sitting in a bar in Sicily, when he had his first experience with Etnan vin. Though already a deeply established wine collector and auction haunter, the wine stunned him. He immediately hitched a ride to the mountain to see where the wine had come from, six months later he'd leased a vineyard. Over the years there have been many releases, the fabled Magma, the single site Nerellos, the Munjebel, the Susu...each and every cuveé achieving its cult status with gusto, gumption and a deep, deep, deservedness. An incredible observer of the Earth and its movements in the vineyard, a dedicated farmer, a sustainability idol. A biodiverse paradise for wine on the side of a volcano; stuff of dreams. 

The Munjebel Bianco is Mt Etna in a glass, crafted from a blend of Grecanico and Carricante grapes that derive from vines of over 40 years rooted on the lava soil of the great volcano. It is a white wine, but much more than that. Macerated on the skins for 4 days, flooded with fleshiness but spellcast with minerality; ripe peaches, gentian and the smell of vineyard fill the glass. 

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