Arianna Occhipinti, Sicilia "Il Frappato" Sicily, Italy 2021

The Wine:

From the producer --

Frappato was born from my childhood dream of making a wine that tastes like the land I work, the air I breathe, and my own thoughts. It is tart, sanguine and elegant. It is Vittoria and the Iblei mountains. It is the wine that most resembles me, courageous, original and rebellious. He has peasant origins, which is why he loves his roots and the past he carries within.

CLASSIFICATION: Sicilian lands IGT

VARIETY: Frappato of Victoria

ALTITUDE: 220m above sea level

GROUND: Medium consistency. It comes from sub-Apennine sands calcareous in nature

AGRICULTURE: Biodynamics, biological certification, no chemical intervention

TRAINING SYSTEM: Guyot and sapling

AVERAGE AGE OF PLANTS: 35 years

PLANT DENSITY: 6,000 plants per hectare

TIME OF HARVEST: First ten days of October

FERMENTATION: In cement tanks with indigenous yeasts, 25 days maceration on the skins

REFINEMENT: 6 months in concrete tanks, 1 month in bottle, in concrete tanks and a part in 30 HL Austrian oak barrels for 14 months, 1 month in bottle