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2022 Azienda Agricola Ariana Occhipinti il Frappato IGT Terre Siciliane 1.5L, Sicily, Italy
$110.00
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 Biodynamic
- Grapes Frappato
- Food Pairings Red Sauce, Meaty Fish, Roast White Meats, Root Veggies
- Characteristics Dressed to Impress, Red Fruit, Savory Red