2023 Occhipinti, Terre Siciliane IGT, Siccagno Nero d'Avola Country_Barbados multi-layered texture with a laser-like

multi-layered texture with a laser-like joyride of acidity

sprawling ‘parral bajo’ or low pergola-trained vines

We only receive tiny quantities of this each year

What makes this moment so exciting is the value

This wine hails from a vineyard that’s surrounded by forest

2023 Occhipinti, Terre Siciliane IGT, Siccagno Nero d'Avola Country_Barbados multi-layered texture with a laser-likeArianna 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