2022 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Vino Di Contrada 'SM' Grillo Sicilia Bianco, Vittoria Paul Cherrier From the domaine’s oldest vines

From the domaine’s oldest vines in Ambonnay —

and this cuvée presents a remarkably stony nose

It finishes at a modest 19

a 600-liter Austrian oak casks of thick staves

2022 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Vino Di Contrada 'SM' Grillo Sicilia Bianco, Vittoria Paul Cherrier From the domaine’s oldest vinesFrom a parcel in Santa Margheritaa limestone and clay rich site near Arianna Occhipintis home in Vittoriathis is a single vineyard expression of Grillo that pushes far beyond the varietys usual crisp profile. Fermented with native yeasts in concrete, then aged in large neutral oak botti, its bottled without filtration and with minimal sulfur. The result is textural and mineral, with the quiet intensity Occhipinti coaxes from all her contrada wines.