Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 lowsulfur due to Signor Manetti’s refusal

due to Signor Manetti’s refusal to incorporate Trebbiano into the Montevertine blend

85% Tempranillo

with a hint of mineral

The finish is nicely layered

25% Montepulciano and 15% Sagrantino

Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 lowsulfur due to Signor Manetti’s refusal100% 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