US$ 374.00
and black truffles stud the earth
subtle texture
like Maestros did for hundreds of years
‘Nena’ is named for Alberto’s grandmother
and a finish that lasts and lasts (sometimes longer than the bottle does)
Arianna Occhipinti Il Frappato Terre Siciliane IGT 2022 MERCUREY and black truffles stud the100% Frappato. From multiple certified organic parcels with vines averaging 40 years old, planted on red sandy, limestone soils and trained in alberello and guyot. The bunches are hand harvested and destemmed with the berries left whole. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts in 20 hectoliter concrete tanks and with approximately 30 days of maceration and only gentle extraction. The wine is aged for 14 months in 25 hectoliter Slavonian oak