Terre Siciliane Il Frappato

Feels tired and lithe. Subtle fruit and secondary notes. Lacks depth and complexity. Perhaps a vintage issue compared to the 2018.

Dark garnet in the glass. A rather fantastic nose with a distinct potpourri thing going along with a bit of tar. Light to medium weight on the palate with tart cherries, dark seeded brambles and packed with all kinds of rocks and minerals. Good spine of acid. A gorgeous wine really. Arianna Occhipinti is making serious and beautiful wines with the humble Frappato grape and I love it!

Delicious bright & light red wine from a terrific Sicilian producer. Perfect early-evening red... can be chilled. I’m adding Frappato to my favorite summer reds list.

I check in with these wines from time to time simply to amuse myself. Yup. Beyond my brett threshold.

Usually a big fan of this wine but unfortunately this bottle is overwhelmed by brett.

Another excellent bottle of this wine. Spice, deep red fruit, grip, and good acidity. Reminiscent of a Foillard gamay.

Classic. A little funky but nice fruit and texture

Potpourri (cinnamon and dried rose petals) on the nose. Dried and fresh black and red currants. Melange of other red berries. This stuff is just always so damn good.

Light and juicy!

Yum. Perfect with Italian. Light but still earthy