2023 Occhipinti, Terre Siciliane IGT, Siccagno Nero d'Avola Country_Barbados We only receive tiny quantities

We only receive tiny quantities of this each year

windswept terraces overlooking the Ossau Valley

Guided by Christophe and Sandrine

sprawling ‘parral bajo’ or low pergola-trained vines

2023 Occhipinti, Terre Siciliane IGT, Siccagno Nero d'Avola Country_Barbados We only receive tiny quantitiesArianna Occhipinti works in Vittoria, in southeastern Sicily, on red sand over limestone. She came up through her uncle Giusto (COS) and built her own estate from abandoned vines, focusing on native varieties and traditional farming. Siccagno is 100% Nero dAvola from ~35 year old vines, trained in alberello and guyot. Fermented with native yeasts in concrete, with a long ~30 day maceration, then aged ~22 months in large Slavonian botti, bottled