2024 Poggio di Bortolone Frappato Vittoria, Sicily, Italy Radicante along Dry Creek

along Dry Creek

with its gently rolling slopes

Aged a minimum of 6 months on fine lees in amphora

Indigenous yeast fermentation in stainless steel tanks

Fermented with partial whole cluster

2024 Poggio di Bortolone Frappato Vittoria, Sicily, Italy Radicante along Dry CreekFrom southwest facing slopes at roughly 260 meters on Vittorias iconic sabbie rosseiron rich red sands over porous marine limestonethis Frappato captures the delicacy and tension of the zone with crystalline precision. The 10 year old vines are densely planted (~6,000 ha), farmed organically, and hand harvested in late September at modest yields (~6 t ha). In the cellar, Pierluigi Cosenza works with spontaneous fermentations at 1820 C over 18 days,