Emiliano Falsini Feudo Pignatone Etna Rosso 2021

Feudo Pignatone Etna Rosso 2021
Emiliano Falsini
Mount Etna, Sicily

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$44.99 US Low on bottle 1!


For the 2019 (not this 2020): 92 pts Robert Parker Wine Advocate
The Emiliano Falsini 2019 Etna Rosso Feudo Pignatone (an organic wine with 2,500 bottles released) shows lifted and bright berry tones with white pepper, earth, blue flower and lots of wild rosemary or bramble. The wine sports a tight, medium-bodied consistency with great energy and life packed within (something that only comes with the best wines made on the volcano). It sees whole cluster fermentation with fruit sourced over three hectares of vines (ranging up to 100 years old).

Emiliano Falsini is a very talented consulting winemaker who works with some of the best estates on Etna, including two of my favorites, Girolamo 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.