Arianna Occhipinti Il Frappato Terre Siciliane IGT 2022 MERCUREY Corvina 50% - Corvinone 20%

Corvina 50% - Corvinone 20% - Rondinella 20% - Molinara 10%

and a finish that lasts and lasts (sometimes longer than the bottle does)

‘Nena’ is named for Alberto’s grandmother

the Barbera “Pierin“ blends fruit from two neighboring vineyards and bears the name of the family associate who supplied much of the old vines fruit for this wine

Arianna Occhipinti Il Frappato Terre Siciliane IGT 2022 MERCUREY Corvina 50% - Corvinone 20%100% Frappato. From multiple certified organic parcels with vines averaging 40 years old, planted on red sandy, limestone soils and trained in alberello and guyot. The bunches are hand harvested and destemmed with the berries left whole. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts in 20 hectoliter concrete tanks and with approximately 30 days of maceration and only gentle extraction. The wine is aged for 14 months in 25 hectoliter Slavonian oak