2022 Passopisciaro "Contrada PC" Terre Siciliane
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James Suckling
Reviewed June 2025Love tasting this. Subtle cooked apples, sandalwood, white roses, apple blossoms and sliced pears on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied, this has precise, crunchy fruit and a spicy, pleasantly bitter aftertaste from the stone, ash and flint. From chardonnay planted at 950 meters of altitude. Drink or hold.
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Professional Reviews
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Decanter
Sage, mint, apricot skin and lime marmalade scents pull you in to an intense, juicy and wonderfully sapid palate, with a lovely lick of tropical fruits and some floral white peach. Poised and zesty, with a stoniness on the mid-palate, it's an inspired bottling from high up on the Etna's north slope. Estate director Vincenzo Lo Mauro believes that the Chardonnay Passopisciaro grows in Passochianci – a subzone of Guardiola reaching up to 970 metres above sea level – is the highest in Europe. Contrada PC is 100% Chardonnay from this plot, and is almost reminiscent of grand cru Chablis.
(JB)
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Wine Advocate
Made with Chardonnay that is cultivated at an extreme 900 to 1,000 meters above sea level, this is a very special wine. The Passopisciaro 2022 Contrada PC is very attractive off the bat with a beautiful combination of white flower, candied pear, spice and crushed stone. The wine offers intensity and brightness with a firm, almost salty finish. This 5,600-bottle release is fermented in oak casks and aged in wood for 10 months (with six months on the lees).
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93
Vinous
The 2022 Bianco Contrada PC lifts from the glass with an air of sweet spice, giving way to nuances of kiwi, lime zest and white smoke. It sweeps across the palate with soothingly round textures and ripe orchard fruits, taking on a gentle mineral tension toward the close. This is understated yet refined throughout, leaving a twang of sour citrus and a salty sensation to fade slowly on the finish.
(EG)
Staff Reviews
OC
Review Date: 01/2026
If Passobianco is the village wine, "PC" is the Grand Cru. Sourced from a tiny parcel of Chardonnay on a steep, terraced slope at 900 meters, this is a wine of profound density and silence. It is richer and more textured than the Passobianco, with layers of beeswax, flint, and ripe orchard fruit. It possesses a vibrating energy and a finish that lasts for minutes.
Details
| Type | White Wine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sicily, Italy |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1964215 |