The Winery Frank Cornelissen of Sicily

Winery Frank Cornelissen
The winery offers 32 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Sicily.
It is located in Sicily

The Winery Frank Cornelissen is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 32 wines for sale in of Sicily to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Frank Cornelissen wines

Looking for the best Winery Frank Cornelissen wines in Sicily among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Frank Cornelissen wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Frank Cornelissen wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Frank Cornelissen

How Winery Frank Cornelissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels with bleu de bresse, goat cheese and bacon quiche or beet hummus dip.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen

On the nose the white wine of Winery Frank Cornelissen. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tree fruit or melon and sometimes also flavors of sage, lychee or yeast. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Frank Cornelissen. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.08/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen.

  • Grecanico
  • Carricante
  • Coda di Volpe Biancha
  • Catarratto Bianco
  • Graciano

Discovering the wine region of Sicily

Sicily is the Southernmost region of Italy, and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. For over 2500 years, Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) has been an important centre of Mediterranean viticulture, although the reputation and style of its wines have changed considerably over time. The island was once best known for its Sweet muscatels (see Pantelleria), and later for its fortified Marsala. Today, many of its best-known wines are Dry table wines produced under the regional designation IGT Terre Siciliane, or Sicilia DOC (see below).

At its widest point, Sicily measures 280 kilometers (175 miles) from east to west, and about a third of that distance from North to south. Its roughly triangular shape earned the island the nickname Trinacria (the triangle) in the Middle Ages and is reflected in the triskelion (a three-pronged pattern) at the Center of the regional flag. With constant sunshine and moderate rainfall, Sicily's classic Mediterranean Climate is ideally suited to wine Grape production. The Warm, dry climate means that mould and rot are kept to a minimum, especially in well-ventilated areas that benefit from coastal breezes.

The top red wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Frank Cornelissen

How Winery Frank Cornelissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of meat and goat pie, chicken wok with chinese noodles or leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen

On the nose the red wine of Winery Frank Cornelissen. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vegetal or rosemary and sometimes also flavors of tar, citrus fruit or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Frank Cornelissen. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen

  • 2017With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.04/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen.

  • Nerello Mascalese
  • Nerello Cappuccio
  • Minella Bianca
  • Alicante Bouschet

Discover the grape variety: Carricante

It is most certainly of Italian origin, more precisely from Sicily where it is very present, especially on the slopes of the eastern and southern slopes of Mount Etna. It is thought to be the result of a natural cross between montonico pinto and scacco. It has often been confused with the catarratto even today. Carricante is identified today by two known biotypes, A and B, ... a variety almost unknown in France, but registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

The top pink wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Frank Cornelissen

How Winery Frank Cornelissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Frank Cornelissen. often reveals types of flavors of iron, nutty or non oak and sometimes also flavors of yeast, rhubarb or pomegranate.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen

  • 2011With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Frank Cornelissen.

  • Nerello Mascalese
  • Malvasia
  • Catarratto Bianco

The word of the wine: Phylloxera

Aphid that came from America and ravaged European vineyards at the end of the 19th century. It lives on the roots of the vine, from which it pumps the sap. The only vines capable of resisting it had to be imported from the United States, and then grafted onto their root system the wood of traditional French grape varieties. Today, grafted vines are always planted.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Frank Cornelissen

Planning a wine route in the of Sicily? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Frank Cornelissen.

Discover the grape variety: Nerello mascalese

A very old grape variety grown in Italy, more precisely in the north of Sicily on the slopes of Mount Etna and in Sardinia. Its origin would be Greek because it was reported in Greece in the 7th century B.C. It is the result of a natural intraspecific crossing between sangiovese or nielluccio and mantonico bianco. It should not be confused with nerello capuccio and pignatello nero. It should be noted that Nerello mascalese seems to be a grape variety adapted to altitude, as is the case in Sicily where it is planted at a rate of 6,000 and 9,000 vines per hectare. It is practically unknown in other wine-producing countries, which is certainly due to its late ripening.

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A panel discussion about the Chablis appellation

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The word of the wine: Phylloxera

Aphid that came from America and ravaged European vineyards at the end of the 19th century. It lives on the roots of the vine, from which it pumps the sap. The only vines capable of resisting it had to be imported from the United States, and then grafted onto their root system the wood of traditional French grape varieties. Today, grafted vines are always planted.