Arianna Occhipinti Vino di Contrada ‘FL’

Arianna Occhipinti Vino di Contrada ‘FL’ – a layered, effortless expression of the Frappato grape, one that illuminates its soaring potential. The Fossa di Lupo site bewitches its drinker with evocative subtleties; electrically charged with fresh red fruits, it hastily offers whispers of something wrinkled. Dried strawberry surges forth excitably, succeeded by aromatic twists. Thereafter, cherry-stone and red liquorice surprise and delight, as hints of rose give way to stunning minerality. In any case, this is a ceaselessly fervent red, beguiling and seductive. Ultimately, it enables one to fall desperately in love with this region’s tapestrial history. Fossa di Lupo harbours white limestone with a thicker topsoil; Arianna has recognised the subtleties garnered from soil composition and exposure. She operates three different bottlings on the same vineyard.

Arianna Occhipinti is the niece of fabled winemaker Giusto Occhipinti of the COS winery. Based in the south-eastern Sicilian town of Vittoria, she harbours a steadfast ethos to produce terroir-driven wines. She rejected the formal teachings offered to her by oenology, favouring intuition and her uncle’s artisan methods. Immediately implementing biodiversity, spontaneous fermentations and extended skin macerations, she started with a mere single hectare of abandoned vineyards. Subsequently, she replanted 10 hectares of the autochthonous Frappato and Nero d’Avola, later renting old vine vineyards of the same varieties. Each one of these is tended to using biodynamic principles and the cellar work is invariably measured. The wine is not pushed; gravity is generally used to move it and with this patience comes a lack of temperature control, fining and filtration. In any case, minimal doses of SO2 are utilised upon bottling; Occhipinti wines are mirrors of their place.

Arianna Occhipinti Vino di Contrada ‘FL’ – a magnetic and balanced medium-bodied red. Moreover, a poised and honest expression of this grape’s potential; dignified, joyous and celebratory.

Additional information

Grape

Frappato

Colour

Red

Region

Sicily

Bottle Size

75cl

Style

Red

Arianna Occhipinti Vino di Contrada ‘FL’ – electrically charged with fresh red fruits, it hastily offers whispers of something wrinkled. Dried strawberry surges forth excitably, succeeded by aromatic twists. Thereafter, cherry-stone and red liquorice surprise and delight, as hints of rose give way to stunning minerality.

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