Arianna Occhipinti Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico Grotte Alte 2021 [NET] 25OFF2024BFCM The 2024 is impossibly balanced

The 2024 is impossibly balanced

From the producer: There is a verve to this wine

that translates to a wine with all the family's textbook tension between electric mineral cut and velvety mouthfeel

a sparkling red that fizzes with sour cherry and tart red fruit over a mineral

Arianna Occhipinti Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico Grotte Alte 2021 [NET] 25OFF2024BFCM The 2024 is impossibly balancedIt's a rare day when Occhipinti bottles land at all, and Grotte Alte is the one Arianna holds back the longest. This is her top Cerasuolo di Vittoria, Frappato and Nero d'Avola from her oldest vines, aged patiently for four years in big French oak casks and then left alone in bottle until she decides it's ready. Vittoria sits in Sicily's southeast, a world away from Etna's basalt: limestone and sand instead of volcano, which is why these wines stay