Terre Siciliane Frappato

Very fresh. Blueberries, strawberries, spice, and earth.

Fresh with great spice and movement. Drying tannins. Fine complexity and length. Medium weight. Well made. Needs food. #frappato #tami #scicily

I pretty much love every Ariana Occhipinti touches. Second time with her Tami’ project. It’s murky but cohesive. Stems, minerals, red fruits, and good acid all in excellent balance.

Great bargain buy. Nice acidity and tannins. Paired extremely well with pesto pasta and sautéed chard.

Slight whiff of VA, incredibly juicy. Red and blue berries, nice underlying earth notes, which creates a rustic feel and dried flowers like violets. Great QPR from the second label of A. Occhipinti.

Firm and static sensation.
Medium body with nice natural grape skin tartness on the tongue.
Unripe plum, roses, and licorice.

First frappato in place of normal etna rosso. Pleasantly surprised.

Tami’ is overseen by the much lauded Arianna Occhipinti. It has ample fruit, strong ties to the earth, and an approachable structure low in tannin. It has aromas of strawberry, sandalwood, clove, and salty sea air. Fruity and light with strong acid and flavors of wet slate, it has a cool drapery in lieu of anything abrasive, tart, sour, or crunchy. Strawberry licorice kick at the finish.

Yummy with food. Fruit forward, dry finish

2016