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with background notes of spice and fresh flowers
Serve it cool in a wine glass and let people guess before you tell them
The nose is slightly bitter
blended with select reserve wines for added depth
Age of the Agave plant 16 to 18 years
Arianna Occhipinti Nero d'Avola Siccagno 2023 SF Chronicle with background notes of spiceSiccagno means dry farmed, which in southeastern Sicily is a statement of intent. No irrigation, no propping the vines up through the heat, just roots that go looking for water in limestone and sand. Nero d'Avola usually gets made big and jammy; Arianna Occhipinti goes the other way, using her contrade in Vittoria and two years in large Austrian oak casks to draw out structure and savor instead of sheer weight. Farming is organic, harvest is by hand,
