Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Frappato Sicily 2023 objects

Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Frappato Sicily 2023 objectsAt 36, Superstar Arianna Occhipinnti is already on her 19th vintage. Coming from a winemaking family (COS is her uncle), she is almost singlehandedly responsible for Sicilys wine resurgence and this is her most famous wine! This organically farmed Frappato comes from 40 year old vines, growing at 280 meters above sea level. The wine is fermented with indigenous yeast and aged 14 months in barrels before being bottled unfiltered. Look for bright notes

Measures approximately 4” x 3"

Each piece is hand blown and unique

but Albert Navarro of Celler Tuets doesn't make it like any Tempranillo we've ever had

bottled by hand

young winemaker Fabio de Beaumont left his post-law school life in Rome to help his grandmother farm their 2 hectare of vineyards in Irpinia

with Montepulciano giving bright red fruit

they started experimenting with very high-quality

Concentrated

but they do in fact make some rarer / harder-to-find wines as well

and quite complex

with the fruit cofermented in neutral French oak

but with a deeply aromatic flesh that is sweet and mildly acidic