2019 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti 'Grotte Alte', Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG, Italy Angelus Terroir: West-facing

Terroir: West-facing

5 months on the lees before it was disgorged by hand in mid-April

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we use it as one of the recipes to handcraft Four Roses Bourbon

50% Corvina Grosso

2019 Azienda Agricola Arianna Occhipinti 'Grotte Alte', Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG, Italy Angelus Terroir: West-facing50% Frappato 50% Nero d'Avola. Grotte Alte is Arianna's only DOCG wine, in this case Vittoria's most famous, Cerasuolo di Vittoria, a blend of the best native varietals, Nero d'Avola and Frappato. "Grotte Alte" is named for the limestone ridges on which the Occhipinti estate lies, straddling and combining both Mediterranean and mountain influences, with red and sandy clay soils over limestone at about 280 meters.