This wine hails from a vineyard that’s surrounded by forest
multi-layered texture with a laser-like joyride of acidity
the wine profoundly expresses the region's renowned chalky soils
We only receive tiny quantities of this each year
The 2024 vintage brought real ripeness and mid-palate weight
2023 Occhipinti, Terre Siciliane IGT, Siccagno Nero d'Avola Country_Barbados This wine hails from aArianna Occhipinti works in Vittoria, in southeastern Sicily, on red sand over limestone. She came up through her uncle Giusto (COS) and built her own estate from abandoned vines, focusing on native varieties and traditional farming. Siccagno is 100% Nero dAvola from ~35 year old vines, trained in alberello and guyot. Fermented with native yeasts in concrete, with a long ~30 day maceration, then aged ~22 months in large Slavonian botti, bottled