Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 lowintervention with 30-35% reserve wines roughly

with 30-35% reserve wines roughly equal parts of three prior vintages

first appearing in 1964

The epic tale of the noble Malbec grape is like no other

Produced in the Barcelos commune (the top quality area for Vinho Verde) made exclusively from red grape varieties

No matter the vintage

Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 lowintervention with 30-35% reserve wines roughly100% 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