Occhipinti - Grotte Alte Cerasuolo di Vittoria 2019
Price: $87.45
| Producer | Occhipinti |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Varietal | Red Blend |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 11341 |
Occhipinti Description
50% Frappato/50% Nero d'Avola.
Grotte Alte is Arianna's only DOCG wine, in this case Vittoria's most famous, Cerasuolo di Vittoria, a blend of the best native varietals, Nero d'Avola and Frappato. "Grotte Alte" is named for the limestone ridges on which the Occhipinti estate lies, straddling and combining both Mediterranean and mountain influences, with red and sandy clay soils over limestone at about 280 meters. Coming from a selection of older vines, a longer maceration and barrel aging, the Grotte Alte is essentially the "grown-up", appellation-designated version of the "baby" SP68 red IGT wine.Trained in a mix of alberello and guyot, the vines average 40 years old and are organically farmed and hand harvested, generally in the first 10 days of October. The fruit is destemmed and fermented with indigenous yeasts, macerating with the skins for about 30 days before pressing. The wine is aged for around 30 months in a 25-hectoliter Slavonian oak botte before being bottled unfiltered; production is approximately 325 cases.
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
A 50-50 blend of Nero d'Avola and Frappato, the Arianna Occhipinti 2019 Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico Grotte Alte shows a medium-dark appearance with sweet cherry, crème de cassis and crushed rose. With a little extra time in the glass, it reveals a subtle mineral note and a hint of campfire ash. This wine reflects the limestone soils that are typically found in Vittoria, Sicily. This is a production of 6,501 glass bottles that are on the heavy side. With six years under its belt, this wine tastes younger than its real age.
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