Arianna Occhipinti Sicilia Bianco Vino di Contrada SM 2024 [NET] extra-brut-selection aged a minimum of two

aged a minimum of two years on the lees before release

From the producer: Lovely

and ripe dark plums with a palate balanced between grippy tannins and fresh acidity

with a notable rye character

Arianna Occhipinti Sicilia Bianco Vino di Contrada SM 2024 [NET] extra-brut-selection aged a minimum of twoArianna Occhipinti spent years looking for the right white vineyard, and in 2016 she found it: a site at nearly 500 meters in the hills above Chiaramonte Gulfi, ringed by pines, oaks and centuries old olive trees. The grape is Grillo, the contrada is Santa Margherita, and the soils are white limestone marl and sand laid down by an ancient sea. She gives it a day on the skins, ferments spontaneously in concrete and large Austrian oak casks, then ages