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Il Frappato 2024

Name: Il Frappato 2024
Brand: Occhipinti
Price: 38.80 EUR
Availability: InStock

Il Frappato is Arianna Occhipinti’s defining expression of Frappato di Vittoria, combining extraordinary perfume and freshness with a distinctly Mediterranean savoury character. Limestone-rich sandy soils and long concrete ageing produce a transparent, energetic red with red fruit, flowers, spice and fine tannins.

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About this wine

Il Frappato comes from biodynamically farmed vines on calcareous, sub-Apennine sandy soils around Vittoria. Fermentation takes place naturally in concrete with extended skin contact, followed by a long period of maturation in concrete that preserves the wine’s aromatic purity and lightness of touch. The result captures everything that makes Frappato distinctive: wild strawberry and cherry, floral perfume, Mediterranean herbs, orange peel and delicate spice, supported by fresh acidity rather than extraction. It is an expressive and highly gastronomic Sicilian red that combines delicacy with remarkable persistence.

Tasting Note

James Suckling highlights wild strawberry, sliced orange, cardamom and pepper, while specialist merchant notes add redcurrant, plum, myrtle, tobacco and sweet spice to a deep, energetic and persistent palate.

In the glass

Bright ruby-red.

In the nose

Wild strawberry, cherry, redcurrant, orange peel, Mediterranean herbs, cardamom and pepper.

On the palate

Fresh and vibrant yet surprisingly deep, with juicy red fruit, savoury herbs, fine tannins and a long, reactive finish.

Occhipinti

Arianna Occhipinti founded her estate in Vittoria, southeastern Sicily, in 2004 and has become one of the region's most influential contemporary winemakers. Working primarily with native varieties such as Frappato and Nero d'Avola, she combines biodynamic farming with low-intervention winemaking to produce unusually fresh, elegant and transparent expressions of Sicily.

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Character of the wine

Grape Varieties

Frappato

Vinification

Biodynamically grown 100% Frappato is fermented with indigenous yeasts in concrete with 25 days of skin maceration, then aged for 17 months in concrete followed by one month in bottle.

Classification

Terre Siciliane IGT – Frappato di Vittoria.

Style

Light-bodied & Crunchy

Aging potential

Drink now or soon

Decant Time

No decanting

Drinking Temperature

14-16 °C

Body

Light

Conservative food pairing

Grilled tuna

Funky food pairing

Tacos al pastor

Music pairing

Pop art

Art pairing

Latin music

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