Skip to main content
Our biggest wine deals. Available by text! Join Winetext.com today!

2011 Passopisciaro Franchetti EtnaBlend from Italy

$107.99

List Price: $199.99

You're saving $92.00!

  • 94 Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Image selector to view bottle Image selector to view front Icon sized image of item case card

About

Rating:

94

"You might never peg the 2011 Franchetti as a wine made on Etna. But if you are familiar with Andrea Franchetti’s work, there is no mistaking his signature winemaking style. A blend of 50% Petit Verdot and 50% Cesanese d’Affile (a grape found mostly in the Lazio region), this beast of a wine packs a powerful punch. The concentration and ripeness of flavors are extreme and the wine is soft and jammy down to the last delicious drop. Its over-the-top, but in an irresistible way. Syrupy blackberry and prune fold into leather and exotic spice. The fleshy mouthfeel sports noticeable residual sugar. Drink 2016-2026."

Product Detail

Item # 91835
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Sub-Region Etna
Ratings

94 - Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Vintage 2011
Color Red
ABV 14.0%
Varietal(s) Cesanese, Petit Verdot
Size 750mL
Closure Cork
Features
Taste blueberry, tobacco, leather, dark fruit, earth, mushroom, blackberry, lead, cedar and molasses
Nose blueberry, tobacco, leather, dark fruit, earth, mushroom, mocha and vanilla