Tasting Notes
This opened up with a beautiful Burgundy-like bouquet after a bit over an hour in the decanter. Sour red and black cherries, red and black plums, violets, lavender, baking spices with a touch of barnyard funk, mushroom and forest floor. Great structure that provides the backbone for this wine to age gracefully into the next decade but is drinking incredibly well now. Seductive and intoxicating. - Aaron C.
Based in Vittoria, Sicily, Arianna has been making wines since she was 16, alongside her uncle, Giusto Occhipinti (the 'O' of COS wines). She released her first commercially available wine under her own Occhipinti label at the age of 22.
Since then she has gone from strength to strength, focusing on the two Sicilian varieties, Nero d’Avola and Frappato – though she does make white wine too.
Arianna farms organically and biodynamically, rejecting the use of chemical sprays and fertilizers, as well as taking a minimal intervention approach in the winery. Long macerations, no additions, neutral fermentation vessels and very limited use of sulphur, allow Arianna to express the purity of Vittoria through her elegant Nero d’Avola and Frappato wines. They are simply wonderful expressions of both grape and terroir.
| Product Type | Wine Red Other Varietals & Blends |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Sub Region | Etna |
| Winemaking Practices | Natural |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |