Frank Cornelissen, Terre Siciliane Rosso Munjebel PA, 2021 photo search and beautifully balanced

and beautifully balanced

with native yeast fermentation in steel

sun-kissed figs

without the Grand Cru price tag

Frank Cornelissen, Terre Siciliane Rosso Munjebel PA, 2021 photo search and beautifully balancedMunJebel 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