2024 Poggio di Bortolone Frappato Vittoria, Sicily, Italy Radicante Azurite blue opaque finish for

Azurite blue opaque finish for added grip

Fermented with partial whole cluster

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

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2024 Poggio di Bortolone Frappato Vittoria, Sicily, Italy Radicante Azurite blue opaque finish forFrom 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,