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2023 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Frappato, Sicilia IGT, Sicily, Italy
$61.00
100% Frappato. From multiple certified-organic parcels with vines averaging 40 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 14 months in 25-hectoliter Slavonian oak botti and is bottled without fining or filtration. Sulfur use is minimal.
Specs
- Country Italy
- Region Sicily
- Appellation Vittoria
- Style Red Wine
- Producer Arianna Occhipinti
- Farming Practices Organic, Biodynamic
- Grapes Frappato
- Food Pairings Roast White Meats, Red Sauce, Meaty Fish, Root Veggies
- Characteristics Flexes w/ Food, Icon, Juicy, Bright and Fresh, Dressed to Impress