Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 glutenfree While Aldo still tends the

While Aldo still tends the vines

involving the traditional submerged-cap method

with very light tannin and a dry finish

never excessive

remained fairly small until the present generation

Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 glutenfree While Aldo still tends the100% 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