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

well-drained alluvial soils

Foot pigeage in stainless steel tanks and fermented in oak barrels of different sizes using its own yeasts

peels and tree barks were then added and left to macerate for years

then racked to neutral oak barrels

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.