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Occhipinti - Siccagno Nero d'Avola (750ml)

 Biodynamic Grown Organically 

Price: $44.97

In Mixed Case: $40.47

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Producer Occhipinti
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Varietal Nero d'Avola
Sku 43786
Size 750ml

Arianna is the niece of Giusto Occhpinti, whose COS wines are undisputedly amongst the very best of Sicily. In 1998, Giusto invited her to help him out at Vinitaly for four days. Arianna was 16 at the time and knew nothing about wine; the experience was such a good one that she decided to study viticulture and oenology in university. This quickly proved counter-intuitive, since everything she had learned from her uncle (organic viticulture, hand-harvesting, native yeast fermentations) clashed with what she was being taught in school. Undeterred, Arianna started making her own wine with just one hectare of abandoned vines in the commune of Vittoria. Over the years, she has progressively expanded the estate with old vine Frappato and Nero d'Avola. She farms biodynamically and organically and in her winemaking she uses native yeasts, concrete tanks for fermentting and ageing, minimal sulphur, and the wines are bottled unfiltered.

Nero d'Avola is the native grape thatr unired Sicily from corner to corner. This wine ages two years in slavonian oak and has soft, approachable tannins. Black cherries and spice collide on the nose while the palate can be characterized by dark licorice, tart dark cherry, ashy notes and fresh earth. Elegant, and red-fruited this wine has passion and warmth--an ode to the place Arriana loves.

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