Occhipinti "Il Frappato," Terre Siciliane, Italy 2020 Size (ml):750 fermented a portion of this

fermented a portion of this wine on skins for 5 months in order to build structure and character

Fermenting and aging as much of their wine as possible in earthen vessels

The taste has subtle notes of candies

The spirit is impeccable with a polish that typically eludes this price point with notes that include lime zest

then undergoes a secondary fermentation in bottle with the addition of yeast and sugar

Occhipinti "Il Frappato," Terre Siciliane, Italy 2020 Size (ml):750 fermented a portion of thisFrom the wine maker: "Il Frappato stems from a dream which I had when I was a girl to make a wine that knows the land that I work, the air I breath, and my own thoughts. It is bitter, bloody and elegant. That is Vittoria and the Iblei Mountains. It is the wine that most resembles me, brave, original and rebellious. But not only. It has peasant origins, for this it loves its roots and the past that it brings in; but, at the same time, it is able to