Arianna Occhipinti il Frappato 2024 Coffee between 11

between 11

Dolcetto gives deep color

with a 40-60 day maceration

split into roughly 70 parcels that become about 15 wines

built for aging but already showing detail and poise

Arianna Occhipinti il Frappato 2024 Coffee between 11The Land Frappato has been documented in Vittoria since at least 1812, and for most of that time it was treated as a blending grape or a thin local red not worth exporting. The ground it grows on is the reason to reconsider. Vittoria sits in Sicily's southeastern corner between the Iblei Mountains and the Mediterranean, and its soils are deep red sand over sub Apennine calcareous limestone, at roughly 250 to 280 meters. Sand produces pale color, fine