2017 Occhipinti Frappato IGT

~~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 fight to improve itself. It knows refinement without forgetting itself.

CLASSIFICATION: TERRE SICILIANE IGT

VARIETY: FRAPPATO DI VITTORIA

ALTITUDE: 280 METERS ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL

SOIL: MEDIUM DENSITY. RED SANDS AND CHALK FROM SUB APENNINE LIMESTONE ROCKS

AGRICOLTURE: ORGANIC, WITHOUT CHEMICAL INTERVENTION

TRAINING SYSTEM: GUYOT E ALBERELLO

AVERAGE AGE OF THE VINES: 40 YEARS

PLANT DENSITY: 6.000 PLANTS PER HECTAR

HARVEST PERIOD: FIRST TEN DAYS OF OCTOBER

FERMENTATION: INDIGENOUS YEASTS ONLY, 30 DAYS OF MACERATION ON THE SKINS

AGEING: 14 MONTHS IN LARGE 25HL SLAVONIAN OAK BARRELS, 1 MONTH IN BOTTLE, UNFILTERED