Passopisciaro

The cellar Passopisciaro is an important reality in the production of wine in Sicily. Homonymous hamlet of Castiglione di Sicilia, owned by Andrea Franchetti, entrepreneur caught by electrocution for Etna already known for the ambitious Trinoro estate in southern Tuscany and who is pursuing increasingly isolate his project in wine bringing to the world the wine made ??in Sicily, taking advantage of the peculiarities and the name of the charming village of Passopisciaro. The Etna area offers a wide variety of altitudes and it is surprising to discover how this factor affects wine with the same grape variety. Yes, because the main grape variety here is his majesty the Nerello. The specificity of the different terroir has meant that the cellar Passopisciaro differentiate its vineyards cataloged with the districts of origin. There are six fact Contradas of origin ranging from altitudes of 500 to over 1000 m with vines sometimes even centenarians. Contrada Chiappemacine about 500m to 950m Montedolce whose highest terraces are home to new vineyards whose grapes flow into wine Guardiola (Chardonnay), the district Prancing over 1000 meters with steep terracing, the district Porcaria between 600 and 700 meters, Contrada La Guardiola between 800 and 1000 meters where in addition to Nerello Mascalese is also grown Petit Verdot, Chardonnay and Cesanese d'Affile, and finally the Contrada Sciaranuova 850 meters, one of the three major Cru Etna.