2022 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Vino Di Contrada 'SM' Grillo Sicilia Bianco, Vittoria des Tours there was a whole lot

there was a whole lot of love added in the cellar

Vine Age: 50 years old on average

Aged for 12 months in used barrels and another 3 months in tank

It was pressed directly to a neutral French Oak puncheon and aged for 18 months without racking or stirring before being racked to tank for bottling

unfined and unfiltered

2022 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Vino Di Contrada 'SM' Grillo Sicilia Bianco, Vittoria des Tours there was a whole lotFrom a parcel in Santa Margheritaa limestone and clay rich site near Arianna Occhipintis home in Vittoriathis is a single vineyard expression of Grillo that pushes far beyond the varietys usual crisp profile. Fermented with native yeasts in concrete, then aged in large neutral oak botti, its bottled without filtration and with minimal sulfur. The result is textural and mineral, with the quiet intensity Occhipinti coaxes from all her contrada wines.