2023 Occhipinti, Terre Siciliane IGT, Siccagno Nero d'Avola Country_Barbados windswept terraces overlooking the Ossau

windswept terraces overlooking the Ossau Valley

the wine profoundly expresses the region's renowned chalky soils

This wine hails from a vineyard that’s surrounded by forest

It is an exceptionally refreshing dry white that works beautifully as a versatile pour for the table or a crisp aperitif

2023 Occhipinti, Terre Siciliane IGT, Siccagno Nero d'Avola Country_Barbados windswept terraces overlooking the OssauArianna Occhipinti works in Vittoria, in southeastern Sicily, on red sand over limestone. She came up through her uncle Giusto (COS) and built her own estate from abandoned vines, focusing on native varieties and traditional farming. Siccagno is 100% Nero dAvola from ~35 year old vines, trained in alberello and guyot. Fermented with native yeasts in concrete, with a long ~30 day maceration, then aged ~22 months in large Slavonian botti, bottled