Susucaru Frank Cornelissen

As described by the importer – “Frank Cornelissen is Belgian by background and came to Mount Etna in 2001. There are many words to describe Frank and he has been labeled many things: passionate, dedicated, naturalist, philosopher, extremist, idiosyncratic, and even crazy. Some people find Franks approach comforting. Others find it threatening. Why? Because Frank is pushing the boundaries of conventional winemaking in a way that makes us all step back and reconsider the assumptions that we have about our relationship with nature. Each year, Frank simply takes what nature has offered up and presents it to us in as unaltered a state as possible. His wines are the true expression of the complexity of the variables at play in each vintage. These are wines the way nature intended them to be.”

Light and funky, the Susucaru is a unique blend ofMalvasia, Moscadella, Insolia and Nerello Mascalese. Held up by Action Bronson as one of his favourite wines, this is one of Frank’s most popular wines. Slightly hazy in the glass, it shows feral notes ofwild strawberries, cranberry, and blood orange.