Arianna Occhipinti, Sicily
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Arianna Occhipinti, Sicily,
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Reflecting the calm, if warmer, vintage, this pale red, 100% Frappato di Vittoria has a pure scent of violet cream that’s crunchy and fresh, with delectable, fragant (Scottish?) raspberry preserve ripeness; Arianna’s organic viticulture bringing out the essence of the small Frappato berries, rich in acidity and with thick skins. Born of the red sandy/loam-over-chalk soil plateau that slopes gently down between the Iblei mountains and the sea, refreshed constantly by shuttling breezes (hence the perfume). How amazing to think that such a wine, made so close to Tunisia is arguably Italy’s most ethereal. So pretty, but with intent. Limited quantities available.
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Located in Sicily ’s south-eastern Val di Noto province, the landscape of which is dominated by the red loam-over-white limestone soils and dry stone walls of the Iblei Mountain plateau, and by such beautiful towns such as Siracusa, Vittoria and Modica – this is a world away from Etna, which looms on the horizon.
The Occhipinti family is synonymous with the Frappato grape that underpins Siciliy’s only DOCG: Cerasuolo di Vittoria. Arianna kicked off in 2004, making wines in a family farmhouse, before transferring, in 2013, to a purpose-built winery, where her 22 hectares of Frappato and Nero d’Avola, along with one-and-a-half hectares of intense Albanello and Zibibbo white grapes, are vinified using cement and Stockinger barrels (Slavonian, German, Austrian oak).