Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 glutenfree involving the traditional submerged-cap method

involving the traditional submerged-cap method

of vanilla and caramel enhanced by the slow cooking process

remained fairly small until the present generation

Contra Costa

This multi-layered Morillon shows a lot of fruit flavors in the nose

Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 glutenfree involving the traditional submerged-cap method100% 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