Arianna Occhipinti IGT Frappato 20 Years Celebration Contrade 2023 [NET] Wine Seminar and the Napa Cab leans

and the Napa Cab leans on that mountain backbone

and more high-toned than its Langhe cousins

with light but firm tannins and refreshing acidity

will reward patience

espresso and rich dark fruits are countered by the drying finish of star anise and hickory

Arianna Occhipinti IGT Frappato 20 Years Celebration Contrade 2023 [NET] Wine Seminar and the Napa Cab leansFrappato is where Arianna Occhipinti started, and this bottling marks twenty years of it. She's spent those two decades learning her contrade, the individual districts around Vittoria, and this celebration release draws on that work: 100% Frappato, farmed organically, hand picked, fermented with native yeasts, nothing added to make it louder than it is. Sicilian labeling rules won't let her print the contrada names, which tells you something about how