2024 Poggio di Bortolone Frappato Vittoria, Sicily, Italy Radicante enjoying temperate breezes and maximum

enjoying temperate breezes and maximum sunshine

along Dry Creek

Vinification: 1 Week Carbonic maceration followed by foot-treading and 2 weeks of whole cluster maceration

Indigenous yeast fermentation in stainless steel tanks

30+ years old vines

2024 Poggio di Bortolone Frappato Vittoria, Sicily, Italy Radicante enjoying temperate breezes and maximumFrom 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,