2023 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti SP68 Rosso 1.5L Magnum, Sicilia IGT, Sicily, Italy Patrick Piuze 10 months on lees

10 months on lees

Delicious neat with lemon peel and equally enticing in a Saw Tooth cocktail

We combined our home-grown Fay Elberta peaches with our Linda Vista Chardonnay grapes

Only native yeast is used and the juice undergoes a full malolactic fermentation in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks before it is transferred to old oak barrels where it rests for 8 to 18 months

2023 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti SP68 Rosso 1.5L Magnum, Sicilia IGT, Sicily, Italy Patrick Piuze 10 months on lees70% Frappato 30% Nero d'Avola. From certified organic estate vines, averaging 20+ years old and planted on chalky, sandy soils. The bunches are harvested by hand, destemmed and co fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in concrete tanks. Maceration lasts approximately two weeks. The wine is aged in concrete tanks for 6 months and bottled unfiltered. Sulfur use is modest. "SP68" is the Strada Provinciale 68, the country road on which the Occhipinti