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Occhipinti - SP68 Rosso - Sicily (2023)

Occhipinti - SP68 Rosso - Sicily (2023)

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The "SP68" Rosso di Occhipinti shows in the glass a fascinating intense and luminous ruby red colour; on the nose it offers typical scents of aromatic herbs, juniper and red fruits, with a balance between freshness and softness and a velvety tannin.

REGION Italy > Sicily 
GRAPE(S) 70% Frappato, 30% Nero d'Avola
VINTAGE 2023
FORMAT 750ml Bottle
ABV 12.5%
FEATURES Biodynamic, Sustainable
SCALE Dry

SP68 is a Sicilian red wine produced by Arianna Occhipinti using natural methods. The name refers to the now famous road that runs alongside the contrada Fossa di Lupo in Vittoria beside Arianna's vineyards.

In the cellar, spontaneous alcoholic fermentation takes place in cement tanks for 30 days with daily pumping over and punching down, followed by 6 months of refinement in cement tanks and no filtration at bottling.

The SP68 is the state road that Arianna travels that road every day to get to her vineyards. Arianna only works with vines native to the area, at an elevation of around 280 m above sea level. All production steps follow biodynamic and sustainable farming methods: 

Arianna Occhipinti has become a seminal figure to a new generation of wine lovers. Her rise to prominence has been meteoric, and rightfully so: anyone who has met Ari will instantly vouch that her charming personality and positive attitude are contagious.
Arianna is the niece of Giusto Occhpinti, whose COS wines are undisputedly amongst the very best of Sicily. In 1998, Giusto invited her to help him out at Vinitaly for four days. Arianna was 16 at the time and knew nothing about wine, but the experience was such a good one that she decided to study viticulture and oenology in university. This quickly proved counter-intuitive, since everything she had learned from her uncle (organic viticulture, hand-harvesting, native yeast fermentations) clashed with the what she was being taught to do in school.

Undettered, Arianna started making her own wine with just 1 hectare of abandoned vines in the commune of Vittoria, and progressively expanded her estate by replanting 10 hectares of Frapatto and Nero D'Avola (the region's two indigenous red grapes) in selection massale, all trained in guyot. In 2012, an additional 7 hectares of 19 year old vines were acquired, which for the time being will be used to produce more SP-68.
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