Arianna Occhipinti Il Frappato Terre Siciliane IGT 2022 MERCUREY like Maestros did for hundreds

like Maestros did for hundreds of years

and a finish that lasts and lasts (sometimes longer than the bottle does)

subtle texture

The 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Piedlong is 90% Grenache from the lieu-dit le Pied Long (sometimes written as one word)

Arianna Occhipinti Il Frappato Terre Siciliane IGT 2022 MERCUREY like Maestros did for hundreds100% 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