Light in color yet remarkable in its complexity, this shows off the cool climate characteristics that can be found in Arianna’s corner of Sicily. 70% of the Frappato is macerated for two months on its skins, while the other 30% stays on its skins for eight months; everything is aged for 14 months in Slavonian oak barrels. Always an interplay of the über-fresh and finely-tuned, the 2022 Frappato leads with wild blackberries and currants swirling up from the glass, accentuated by hints of incense and sage. What seems disarmingly easy-going – so soft-textured and pliant – is offset by crisp red and black fruits, minerals and savory spice, and a beam of zesty acidity that maintains amazing freshness through the long and tension-filled finale. It's an understated beauty; or, in Arianna's words, "Bitter, bloody and elegant...It knows refinement without forgetting itself." Destined for the dinner table.