Ariana Occhipinti ‘Vino Di Contrada PT’ 2019

Grape: Frapatto

ABV: 12.5%

Vintage: 2019

Region: Terre Siciliane IGT

PT, Pettineo - From 60 year old vines, planted on marine sediment soil with a thin layer of surface limestone: a beautiful Sicilian red, which shows dried peppers, ash, hot stones, orange peel, glazed red cherries and dried red plums. Full-bodied and very suave, it trades in super sharp acidity and clear-cut tannins. Very long and bright on the finish. Marvelously taut and intense. 

Vino di Contrada wines come from 3 sites of one vineyard, planted with Frappato. Arianna (niece of Giusto Occhipinti of the legendary COS estate in Vittoria, south-eastern Sicily) has identified the nuances the different soil compositions and exposure can bring to her wines, resulting in 3 different bottlings, from soft and silky to more robust and intense.