Arianna Occhipinti, Occhipinti, DOC Sicilia Bianco "Vino di Contrada SM" (Grillo), 2024

Name: Arianna Occhipinti, Occhipinti, DOC Sicilia Bianco "Vino di Contrada SM" (Grillo), 2024
Brand: David Bowler Wine [DBW]
SKU: NYC-1-DBW-`DB3794-24`-032626-4
Price: 86.99 USD
Availability: InStock

White Wine from Sicily, Italy

by Arianna Occhipinti

$86.99

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Arianna Occhipinti's Grillo, made with skin contact, from the Contrada Santa Margherita in Vittoria. Arianna founded her estate in 2004 at age 22, niece of Giusto Occhipinti of COS, and is now one of Sicily's most celebrated biodynamic voices. This bottling is 100% Grillo grown on the hillsides of the Iblei Mountains, where cool winds and a tangle of native plantlife keep the fruit fresh. The grapes see a two-day maceration on the skins, spontaneous fermentation in concrete, and a year of aging in Austrian oak. The result is a textured, gently amber-tinged white that drinks more like a structured wine than a casual sipper, full of citrus oils, dried herbs, and that briny Sicilian salinity. Cult biodynamics, unmistakably Vittoria.

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More about Arianna Occhipinti

Arianna Occhipinti is one of our favorite producers of Sicilian wine. And of Italian wine. And of natural wine. Why did Occhipinti become a star? Is it the cool wax tops and funky labels? Her personal charisma? Those help of course. But the real reason--and the only reason her fame has lasted--is the wines themselves. Arianna's wines are amazing on multiple levels. She proved that natural wines with pure fruit don’t come just from Beaujolais. Italy can make them too. Even Sicily, which for years seemed to produce only supermarket wine. She also proved that what unites great natural wines isn't any particular flavor of naturalness, but their purity. Their ability to express their unique identity with a clarity and a vibrancy that makes drinking them more like communing with a foreign land and culture than just having a glass of wine. So her wines don't have fruit anything like the great Beaujolais path-breakers of natural wine. Her wines have Sicily's gushing fruit (it's warmer than in Beaujolais!), balanced by just enough acidity and an undertone of minerality. Her Frappato has a salty undercurrent that balances the warm fruit and the granite minerality. It's a legendary food wine, especially with red sauce made tangy with anchovies. And her white wine manages to be at once a fresh and beautifully lime-inflected sipper and a genuine wine of terroir.

Wine Details

Grape Variety

Grillo
Vintage

2024
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Organic
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Bowler Wine has to say about this wine:

100% Grillo. In 2016, Arianna acquired new property and planted four plots of Grillo, totaling two hectares. These vines are in the contrada of Santa Margherita ("SM" with a cheeky strike-through on the label since contrada names are not legal) in Chiaramonte Gulfi, at the foot of the Iblei mountains, just north of Vittoria. They are planted on hillsides surrounded by pine forest, old oaks and ancient olive trees at almost 500 meters altitude, far higher up than Occhipinti's Vittoria vineyards. This area is quite cool, buffeted by winds constantly and at the furthest extreme for ripening grapes. The marine soils are sandy calcareous marl of ancient origin. The farming is certified-organic and the harvest by hand. The grapes are destemmed and fermented spontaneously in concrete tank with a 24-hour maceration. The wine is aged for a year in a combination of concrete and Slavonian oak botte and bottled without fining or filtering.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Built for the Sicilian table: caponata, sardines in saor, swordfish involtini, or a plate of fritto misto. Also strong with roast chicken, Moroccan tagines, and aged sheep's-milk cheeses thanks to the gentle tannin and skin texture.

Tasting Profile

Lemon peel, dried chamomile, apricot pit, and a hit of sea salt. Skin contact gives a faint tannic grip and amber tint, while concrete and old Austrian oak round the texture. Dry, mineral, and savory on the finish.