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2021 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti 'Siccagno' Nero d'Avola Sicilia IGT Sicily, Italy
$54.99
100% Nero d'Avola. From multiple, certified-organic parcels with vines averaging 35 years old, planted on red-sandy, limestone soils and trained in alberello and guyot. The bunches are hand-harvested and destemmed with the berries left whole. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts in 20-hectoliter concrete tanks and with approximately 30 days of maceration and only gentle extraction. The wine is aged for 22 months in 25-hectoliter Slavonian oak botti and is bottled without fining or filtration. Sulfur use is minimal. "Siccagno" is local dialect for "totally dry".
-Importer's Note
Specs
- Country Italy
- Region Sicily
- Appellation Vittoria
- Style Red Wine
- Producer Arianna Occhipinti
- Farming Practices Organic, Biodynamic
- Grapes Nero d'Avola
- Food Pairings Gamey Meats, Roast White Meats, Braised Things, Red Sauce
- Characteristics Island Wine, Flexes w/ Food, Dressed to Impress, Black or Blue Fruit, Big Power