2023 Occhipinti Frappato Cuvee 20

Arianna Occhipinti made Cuvée 20 to mark her twentieth harvest in Vittoria, two decades after beginning with a single hectare of abandoned vines at Fossa di Lupo.

This anniversary bottling brings together Frappato from three contrade that have become central to her work: from the brown sands of Fossa di Lupo, to the white sands and limestone of Bombolieri, and the orange sands and tuff of Pettineo, where the vines are more than 60 years old.

The 2023 vintage is particularly unusual because none of the three Vino di Contrada wines was released individually. This cuvée celebrates Occhipinti’s first twenty harvests and a snapshot of the vineyards that helped define them!

Wild strawberry, red cherry and blood orange meet rose, black tea and a subtle savoury note. The palate is vibrant and finely structured, with powdery tannins, bright acidity and a long, savoury finish.

Farmed organically and biodynamically, fermented spontaneously in concrete, then aged for six months in concrete and one year in large Austrian oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.