Grotte Alte
2014
Region
Italy › Sicily › Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
Type
red · still
Grapes
Frappato, Nero d'Avola
Alcohol
13%
Volume
750 mL
Sugar
0 g/L
Tasting Notes
Cerasuolo di Vittoria is the only DOCG of Sicily. And Grotte Alte is the only DOCG from Arianna Occhipinti. She says that this wine is possibly the most ambitious of her wines. And I value this fact more than DOCG :)
Frappato and Nero d'Avola. Medium+ nose. Sulfur (in a good way), cherry, blueberry, salt, leather, sweat, herbals. Medium long aftertaste with flavours of cherry and sweat. Powerful acidity and soft tannins.
Overall, I have mixed feelings about this wine. While being the best Cerasuolo di Vittoria I ever tried, Grotte Alte stands out so much that its hard to view it as a part of this DOCG. Grotte Alte is so much about specific winemaker and terroir that you get a wine with personality.
About
Grotte alte is a territory: the limestone ridges on which Vittoria, my hometown stands. But it is also a wine, my Cerasuolo Di Vittoria, the result of Frappato and Nero d'Avola grapes, the summary of my Sicily. It is a mediterranean wine that preserves the taste of the sea and all the air and the Iblei Mountains thermal excursions. It is harmonious and it has experienced a long ageing. Perhaps it is the most ambitious of my wines. Elegant and proud.
