Frank Cornelissen Magma Etna Rosso 2021, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
Frank Cornelissen

Frank Cornelissen Magma Etna Rosso 2021

98 Vinous
BodyFruitTanninAcidity
$430.00
  • Organic
  • Biodynamic
  • Low Sulfites

The 2021 Magma delivers flavors of baking spice, strawberry compote and bitter orange alongside flinty mineral sensations. Velvety tannins provide finesse while racy acidity lends energy. It is described as a wine of body, balance and mineral tension expressive of its high-elevation Etna origin.

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Frank Cornelissen Magma Etna Rosso 2021
$430.00

Tasting notes

The 2021 Magma delivers flavors of baking spice, strawberry compote and bitter orange alongside flinty mineral sensations. Velvety tannins provide finesse while racy acidity lends energy. It is described as a wine of body, balance and mineral tension expressive of its high-elevation Etna origin.

  • Strawberry
  • Baking Spices
  • Blood Orange
  • Flint
  • How it drinks

How it drinks

Style
Dry red, medium body
Serve it with
Grilled lamb, wild boar ragù, braised rabbit, aged pecorino
Similar to
Structured, terroir-driven reds such as Barolo or Grand Cru Burgundy
Frank Cornelissen — natural wine producer

Frank Cornelissen

Founded
2001
Hectares
About 24

Frank Cornelissen is a Belgian-born producer who established his estate on Mount Etna in 2001, when Etna as a wine region was still largely undiscovered. The son of a wine broker, he worked in the trade before choosing Etna deliberately for its volcanic soils and the Nerello Mascalese variety. He produced his first wine in 2001, starting with a very small parcel of vines.

The estate covers approximately 24 hectares, of which 13 hectares are old vines in the free-standing alberello (bush-vine) training system. Cornelissen has farmed organically and his estate has been certified organic since 2010. He interplants fruit trees and keeps bees to reduce monoculture and rebuild a complex ecosystem, and uses buckwheat to rebalance soils.

Magma is the estate's Grand Vin, produced only from Nerello Mascalese in Contrada Barbabecchi and only in vintages that reach full phenolic ripeness. The grapes are destemmed and lightly crushed, then fermented with indigenous yeasts over roughly 50 days of skin contact. The wine sees no oak and is aged in neutral epoxy tanks and then in bottle, unfined and lightly filtered.

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Satellite view of Sicily, with the area outlined in white Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Wine region

Sicily, Italy

Frank Cornelissen's vineyards are located in the northern valley of the active volcano Etna, in the eastern part of Sicily. The vines sit on volcanic soils at high elevation, with the Barbabecchi vineyard for Magma at 870 to 910 meters and north to northeast exposure, where vineyards experience significant diurnal temperature variation that preserves acidity.

The northern valley is regarded today as Etna's top area for single-vineyard (contrada) red wines, compared to the Côtes-de-Nuits in Burgundy or the Barolo area in Piedmont. Nerello Mascalese is the dominant red variety, often described as falling stylistically between Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo. Many of Etna's oldest vines remain ungrafted, as phylloxera never established in the porous volcanic soils, and many producers bottle under the Terre Siciliane IGT.

Shaded: Sicily region.
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Wine facts

Dry/sweetDry
Wine typeRed Wine
Wine styleMedium Body
GrapesNerello Mascalese
FarmingOrganic
Vintage2021
Alcohol14.5%
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
AppellationTerre Siciliane IGT
Bottle size750ml
Grapes and terroir100% Nerello Mascalese, organic, ungrafted vines planted circa 1910, volcanic soils, Contrada Barbabecchi, 870-910m
WinemakingDestemmed, lightly crushed, indigenous-yeast fermentation, ~50 days skin contact, ~18 months in neutral epoxy tanks, ~18 months in bottle, unfined, lightly filtered

About this wine

Magma Rosso is the Grand Vin of Frank Cornelissen, a Belgian-born producer who established his estate on the northern slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily in 2001. It is made from 100% Nerello Mascalese grown in Contrada Barbabecchi at 870 to 910 meters elevation, from ungrafted vines planted around 1910 on volcanic soils. The grapes are destemmed and lightly crushed, fermented with indigenous yeasts and around 50 days of skin contact, then aged in neutral tanks and bottle before release. It is produced only in vintages that reach full phenolic ripeness.

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