Notes of ripe plums, black currant and spices. On the palate it is refined and at the same time full of vigour. It is a complex and enveloping wine with a lovely freshness.

Occhipinti is located in Vittoria, in the southwestern corner of Sicily, and winemaker Arianna Occhipinti's reputation seems to grow with every vintage. Arianna has a total of 10 hectares of Nero d'Avola and Frappato vines that, since April of 2009, have been farmed using biodynamic methods, which she believes has added to the overall expression of the soil. The grapes, planted largely on chalky soils, are trained using albarello or guyot and are left to vigorously grow leaves so as to maintain freshness. Siccagno is fermented with natives yeasts and macerates with the skins for around 25 days. Once the wine is fermented, it is refined by aging in Slavonian oak barrels for a period of 16 to 22 months. To respect the structure of the wine and its aromas to the full, it is bottled without filtering or clarifying, although slight precipitates may appear in the bottom of the bottle.