Artisanal Occhipinti

A trendsetter in many respects. This isn’t your typical Sicilian wine. She chooses the artisanal and natural over the industrial. A native Sicilian from Vittoria, leading woman in wine, an immensely talented winemaker who was drawn back to her homeland after studying oenology in Milan. Wines are groundbreaking in her hands. She saw potential in the ever amazing Frappato and bolder Nero d’Avola that defined Sicily at that point.

Occhipinti SP68 2021

Terra Siciliane

Her wines are all about the farming. Her 18 hectares are biodynamic viticulture and minimal intervention. The wine is named for the road that leads to the winery.  The soils are medium density, red sand and chalk from sub Apennine limestone. SP68 is a cuvée composed of 70% Frappato and 30% Nero d'Avola grown at 280 meters altitude in

The grapes are co-fermented with indigenous yeast. Maceration on the skins for 15 days before ageing in concrete vats for 8 months.

Shining light ruby in the glass. Lightly perfumed aromas of raspberry, pomegranate blueberry, cranberry, violet, smoke and cloves. So vibrant on the palate it is just alive. Crunchy flavors of cranberry, black raspberry, plums, anise and mint along with a heady minerality. A medium bodied with that has such zingy acidity and light tannins. It has such incredible energy and finesse.

Shined with our Christmas dinner with all of the trimmings. It goes without saying a roasted eggplant pizza would be sublime or a zucchini caponata would be lovely.