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

The 2024 is impossibly balanced

Satèn is Franciacorta's own invention: a sparkling wine bottled at lower pressure

noble woods and curry

all crunchy red fruit with a little pomegranate spice

and Sancerre

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