Frank Cornelissen, Terre Siciliane Rosso Munjebel PA, 2021 photo search well chilled

well chilled

with native yeast fermentation in steel

without the Grand Cru price tag

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This is the bottle that put Cantalapiedra on the map: a Verdejo with the kind of energy and verve that earns repeat visits

Frank Cornelissen, Terre Siciliane Rosso Munjebel PA, 2021 photo search well chilledMunJebel PA is Cornelissen's bottling from the contrada Porcaria on Mount Etna's northern slopes. Like the rest of the MunJebel reds it's pure Nerello Mascalese, labeled with a two letter contrada code so you can taste the volcano vineyard by vineyard. Frank is the Belgian former wine importer who chased Burgundy to Sicily and now makes these with no additions and a fanatically clean cellar, so they're alive rather than feral. Porcaria leans toward