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Arianna Occhipinti
SP68 Bianco
2019
4.0
Region
Italy › Sicily › IGP Terre Siciliane
Type
white · still
Grapes
Zibibbo, Albanella
Alcohol
12%
Volume
750 mL
Sugar
0 g/L
Tasting Notes(2)
4.0
It's not a secret that I love this wine. I even enjoy it without decanting as aroma evolution makes me happy. Yes, it starts with the scent of toilet on SP68 road, but manure transforms into spring flowers, white fruits and lemon. This is a great basic white (and the only Occhipinti white) with shirt maceration. Fresh, citrus flavours, buttery palate and evolving finish.
About
SP68 is the name of the road that cuts through Arianna's original vineyard in Vittoria. This road has existed for hundreds of years already. And the wine acquired this name because Arianna sees wine as a journey.
It's a 60-40 blend of Zibibbo and Albanello from 15 years old vines growing on red sands and chalk soils. The fruits are destemmed and co-fermented with indigenous yeasts in concrete tanks with two weeks long maceration. After that, the wine ages for 6-8 months in concrete tanks.
