
SiccagnoNero d'Avola Sicilia Doc
Arianna Occhipinti
Siccagno in Sicilian dialect means concentrated grape. The wine is made from only Nero d'Avola in the municipality of Vittoria. The vineyards, more than 40 years old, are cultivated according to organic farming without the use of chemicals. Vinification follows natural processes, the grapes macerate on the skins for 25 days in steel tanks where spontaneous fermentation also takes place. After aging for 22 months in oak barrels, the wine is neither filtered nor clarified.Read moreSold out
Aromatic notes
Intense ruby red. Jammy red fruit, mineral notes, flowers, herbs, menthol notes, tobacco, pepper. Dense, intense, tannic.
Pairings
White meats, Rare red meats, Braised red meats, Game and offal, Cured meats, Intense cooked fish, Cooked vegetables and legumes, Mushrooms and truffles, Eggs, Spiced dishes.
Structure
Colour: Red
Fizziness: Still
Sweetness: Dry
Grape varieties: Nero d'Avola 100%
Alcohol: 12%
Volume: 0.75 l
Vinification parameters
Early October
Spontaneous fermentation in 85 hl concrete vats and maceration for 25 days with daily pumping over and punching down. Aged in 25 hl Slavonian oak barrels for 22 months. Unfiltered.
40 mg/l
Guide ratings
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Micro wine-growing area
Acate
Vineyard
Medium texture, sandy of calcareous nature
40 years old
3 ha
Guyot and sapling
6000 strains per hectare
35 hl
Origin
Sicily
Piana di Vittoria
Acate
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Arianna Occhipinti
Nero d'Avola Sicilia Doc
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Arianna Occhipinti, based in Vittoria, Sicily, produces Frappato and Nero d’Avola using organic farming methods in the Cerasuolo di Vittoria area.
Arianna Occhipinti, based in Vittoria, Sicily, produces Frappato and Nero d’Avola using organic farming methods in the Cerasuolo di Vittoria area.
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