Siccagno - Arianna Occhipinti
Siccagno Occhipinti - "Aristocratic and melancholy Nero d'Avola"
Nero d'Avola in purity, Arianna Occhipinti's Siccagno is a deep, persuasive, gritty and wild red wine but at the same time fresh, mineral and elegant. Gentle like a caress, warm like a cuddle and passionate like a lover, Siccagno will not disappoint expectations.
Classification: Sicilia DOC
Grapes Variety: Nero d'Avola
Altitude: 280 a.s.l.
Soil: medium consistency. It comes from sub-Apennine sands of calcareous nature
Agriculture: organic, no chemical intervention
Training system: guyot and sapling
Average age of plants: 35 years
Plant density: 6,000 plants per hectare
Harvest period: first ten days of October
Fermentation: with indigenous yeasts, 25 days maceration on the skins
Aging: 22 months in 25 hl Slavonian oak barrels, 2 months in the bottle, no filtration
Color: Dark ruby red
Nose: full with fruity notes of plum, blackberry, currant and with a finish of tobacco, licorice and myrtle
Palate: Warm, elegant, enveloping, velvety, with a nice freshness
Pairings: first courses of meat, game, roast and aged cheeses. Try it with very tasty fish dishes
Serving temperature: 18-20°C
Originally bottled by Az. Agr. Arianna Occhipinti - Vittoria - Italy
- Alcohol level
- 12
- Cellars
- Occhipinti
- Grapes
- Nero d'Avola
- Region
- Sicily
- Appellation
- Sicilia DOC
