Feudo Pignatone Etna Rosso 2020
Emiliano Falsini
Mount Etna, Sicily

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Emiliano Falsini is a very talented consulting winemaker who works with some of the best estates on Etna, including two of my favorites, Russo and Graci. The Tuscan-born enologist is deeply passionate about Etna, its wines and the territory, and it is a pleasure to see that Emiliano has started his own wine brand. This entry for Emiliano Falsini includes two wines from Tuscany, and although I don't like mixing reviews from different regions, I have included those reviews here for simplicity's sake. The Emiliano Falsini project started in 2019 and focuses on two red grapes: Nerello Mascalese on Etna and Cabernet Franc from the Castagneto Carducci area on the Tuscan Coast. Starting in 2020, he also makes a spectacular rosé that shows gangbuster results in its inaugural vintage. Located in the town of Randazzo, his Feudo Pignatone vineyards see volcanic soils at 700 meters in altitude. He farms organically.

Feudo Pignatone Rosso is created from a selection of the younger vines of Nerello Mascalese grapes grown organically on the contrada (an ancient estate usually aligning with an historic lava flow) of the same name in the municipality of Randazzo on the northern slope of Mount Etna at an altitude of approximately 700 metres. The grapes used in Feudo Pignatone Rosso come from vines between 30 and 100 years old. A meticulous selection is carried out in the vineyard and subsequently through the separate vinification of every single parcel so as to produce a wine of rare elegance and finesse, with a mineral imprint that unmistakably expresses the terroir. - Winery