Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 lowintervention Produced in the Barcelos commune

Produced in the Barcelos commune (the top quality area for Vinho Verde) made exclusively from red grape varieties

first appearing in 1964

with 30-35% reserve wines roughly equal parts of three prior vintages

000 bottles annually

Arianna Occhipinti, Frappato, Terre Siciliane IGP, Sicily, Italy 2023 lowintervention Produced in the Barcelos commune100% 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