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Here we are, at the end of a wonderful adventure, made possible by our passion for Sicily and a personal invitation from Andrea Franchetti. We could hardly believe that this man, with his authority in the wine world, we wanted to lead his domain norman g jensen around.
Andrea Franchetti is among connoisseurs praised for the unique way in which he mixed with Italian, using different traditional grape varieties and the conditions of the soil, the French school and the weather. He does this both in Tuscany and in the area of Etna, to be from the village Passopisiaro exactly. April 14 there was a special party vo
or the Nerello Mascalese grape, which is used today to make. wonderful wines in the new Burgundy Europe, Mount Etna region, All the producers in the area of Mount Etna leave it there together, journalists and distributors taste their new wines. A true celebration and the best way to sample this region.
But why is this area so unique? Mount Etna is an active volcano and in the course of the centuries, this volcanic soil in the area a special diversity delivered. This results in special properties of the grape varieties Nerello Mascalese norman g jensen and Carricante. For the white grapes norman g jensen this is a unique combination of minerality and grassiness in, and for the reds the fruitiness norman g jensen of cherries and berries norman g jensen combined with the no less important, elegant and bright hints of spice. A variety of small-scale producers, proud family who sticks average 80 years old, the world able to taste, norman g jensen partly because modern wine knowledge and collaboration have two decades ago brought their traditions to perfection and today very clean and something very beautiful produce pure wines.
Almost every wine is a so-called single wineyard production, hence the comparison often made with Burgundy. The vineyards are harvested separately, there is a lot of control on the maturation and it is important to know that the temperature differences norman g jensen between day and night as can be. 'N 20 degrees norman g jensen There is a substantial difference in maturation of the grapes on fields of different heights, depending on the location, certain flavor characteristics of the grapes up.
Obviously the Oste and Frank not only going traveled to taste wines and make new friends, but they wanted all cheeses, meats, pastry and regional trials and especially to eat together with the producers and everyone made us so excited again knows how to introduce it in others. The day program was filled - as the stomachs at the end of a long day.
Back to our particular norman g jensen host Andrea Franchetti, who along with his wife and a small team of young and passionate wine connoisseurs, as our hostess of the day Letizia, have taken with their almost humble hospitality in the heart but also with their great knowledge, and love for the products. Mr. Franchetti was not afraid to show us his favorite products from the lunch buffet to come spend itself, and despite the presence of several key journalists and distributors, norman g jensen than to take to come and meet the time to appreciate the work of his young his appreciation Friend Oste. This unique man offered expressly to personally, on call, to come for the presentation of his wines in Victor Russo's Osteria to the Netherlands; a huge honor! When we returned the next day just returned with a small gift as a thank you for his hospitality, sat there the whole team at the table and we hit them again just to work to taste. A whole series of samples from the barrels Every day together at work to deliver consistent exceptional quality - that's what we call craftsmanship.
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Here we are, at the end of a wonderful adventure, made possible by our passion for Sicily and a personal invitation from Andrea Franchetti. We could hardly believe that this man, with his authority in the wine world, we wanted to lead his domain norman g jensen around.
Andrea Franchetti is among connoisseurs praised for the unique way in which he mixed with Italian, using different traditional grape varieties and the conditions of the soil, the French school and the weather. He does this both in Tuscany and in the area of Etna, to be from the village Passopisiaro exactly. April 14 there was a special party vo
or the Nerello Mascalese grape, which is used today to make. wonderful wines in the new Burgundy Europe, Mount Etna region, All the producers in the area of Mount Etna leave it there together, journalists and distributors taste their new wines. A true celebration and the best way to sample this region.
But why is this area so unique? Mount Etna is an active volcano and in the course of the centuries, this volcanic soil in the area a special diversity delivered. This results in special properties of the grape varieties Nerello Mascalese norman g jensen and Carricante. For the white grapes norman g jensen this is a unique combination of minerality and grassiness in, and for the reds the fruitiness norman g jensen of cherries and berries norman g jensen combined with the no less important, elegant and bright hints of spice. A variety of small-scale producers, proud family who sticks average 80 years old, the world able to taste, norman g jensen partly because modern wine knowledge and collaboration have two decades ago brought their traditions to perfection and today very clean and something very beautiful produce pure wines.
Almost every wine is a so-called single wineyard production, hence the comparison often made with Burgundy. The vineyards are harvested separately, there is a lot of control on the maturation and it is important to know that the temperature differences norman g jensen between day and night as can be. 'N 20 degrees norman g jensen There is a substantial difference in maturation of the grapes on fields of different heights, depending on the location, certain flavor characteristics of the grapes up.
Obviously the Oste and Frank not only going traveled to taste wines and make new friends, but they wanted all cheeses, meats, pastry and regional trials and especially to eat together with the producers and everyone made us so excited again knows how to introduce it in others. The day program was filled - as the stomachs at the end of a long day.
Back to our particular norman g jensen host Andrea Franchetti, who along with his wife and a small team of young and passionate wine connoisseurs, as our hostess of the day Letizia, have taken with their almost humble hospitality in the heart but also with their great knowledge, and love for the products. Mr. Franchetti was not afraid to show us his favorite products from the lunch buffet to come spend itself, and despite the presence of several key journalists and distributors, norman g jensen than to take to come and meet the time to appreciate the work of his young his appreciation Friend Oste. This unique man offered expressly to personally, on call, to come for the presentation of his wines in Victor Russo's Osteria to the Netherlands; a huge honor! When we returned the next day just returned with a small gift as a thank you for his hospitality, sat there the whole team at the table and we hit them again just to work to taste. A whole series of samples from the barrels Every day together at work to deliver consistent exceptional quality - that's what we call craftsmanship.
Keeping abreast of developments on the website of Victor Russo, subscribe free of charge to the newsletter. Shipping
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