Arianna Occhipinti Il Frappato Terre Siciliane IGT 2022 MERCUREY ‘Nena’ is named for Alberto’s

‘Nena’ is named for Alberto’s grandmother

Great texture

Cold winter and spring frosts

subtle texture

Merry Edwards began her career at Mount Eden Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1974

Arianna Occhipinti Il Frappato Terre Siciliane IGT 2022 MERCUREY ‘Nena’ is named for Alberto’s100% Frappato. From multiple certified organic parcels with vines averaging 40 years old, planted on red sandy, limestone soils and trained in alberello and guyot. The bunches are hand harvested and destemmed with the berries left whole. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts in 20 hectoliter concrete tanks and with approximately 30 days of maceration and only gentle extraction. The wine is aged for 14 months in 25 hectoliter Slavonian oak