In the glass
Aroma: pomegranate, black cherry, chalk dust, dried herbs
Palate: cherry-kirsch, graphite, volcanic stone, cedar
Contrada R Rampante, from the highest-altitude Passopisciaro site at 1,000 metres, produces the most structured and slow-evolving wine of the range: taut, mineral and built for exceptional longevity.
What it pairs with
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Aged Manchego-style sheep cheese
The wine's chalk-mineral dryness and acidity elevate crystalline aged sheep cheese. -
Grilled Sicilian lamb with wild herbs
High-altitude intensity and firm structure frame the gamey lamb beautifully. -
Venison tartare with volcanic salt
The wine's raw mineral power matches the bracing rawness of venison tartare.
History
Rampante is the highest contrada in the Passopisciaro portfolio, named for the steep volcanic terrain at approximately 1,000 metres altitude. Andrea Franchetti considered it the most challenging to farm and the most rewarding to age, and it commands the highest prices in the contrada series.
- 2007 — First vintage in the inaugural contrada series launch
Facts
- Producer
- Passopisciaro (Vini Franchetti)
- Grapes
- Nerello Mascalese
- Classification
- Sicilia IGT
- Oak
- 15 months in large French oak botti (25-50 hl)
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- €70-110 at retail
- Drinking window
- 6-22 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2007