2022 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Vino Di Contrada 'SM' Grillo Sicilia Bianco, Vittoria Paul Cherrier 2019 L'Imparfait Maceration

2019 L'Imparfait Maceration

fresh lawn clippings and significant minerality

but made more serious by the

It finishes at a modest 19

and this cuvée presents a remarkably stony nose

2022 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Vino Di Contrada 'SM' Grillo Sicilia Bianco, Vittoria Paul Cherrier 2019 L'Imparfait MacerationFrom a parcel in Santa Margheritaa limestone and clay rich site near Arianna Occhipintis home in Vittoriathis is a single vineyard expression of Grillo that pushes far beyond the varietys usual crisp profile. Fermented with native yeasts in concrete, then aged in large neutral oak botti, its bottled without filtration and with minimal sulfur. The result is textural and mineral, with the quiet intensity Occhipinti coaxes from all her contrada wines.