windswept terraces overlooking the Ossau Valley
What makes this moment so exciting is the value
Fermented with natural yeasts in used Burgundian barrels and undergoing extended sur lattes aging
Luis Seabra’s "Xisto Ilimitado" project serves as a technical interrogation of the Douro’s non-fortified potential
multi-layered texture with a laser-like joyride of acidity
2023 Occhipinti, Terre Siciliane IGT, Siccagno Nero d'Avola Country_Barbados windswept terraces overlooking the OssauArianna Occhipinti works in Vittoria, in southeastern Sicily, on red sand over limestone. She came up through her uncle Giusto (COS) and built her own estate from abandoned vines, focusing on native varieties and traditional farming. Siccagno is 100% Nero dAvola from ~35 year old vines, trained in alberello and guyot. Fermented with native yeasts in concrete, with a long ~30 day maceration, then aged ~22 months in large Slavonian botti, bottled