2022 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Vino Di Contrada 'SM' Grillo Sicilia Bianco, Vittoria des Tours Vine Age: 50 years old

Vine Age: 50 years old on average

then racked to neutral oak barrels

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

The grapes are co-fermented in concrete

2022 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti Vino Di Contrada 'SM' Grillo Sicilia Bianco, Vittoria des Tours Vine Age: 50 years oldFrom 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.