New label (as of last year, celebrating her 20th vintage), same great wine. 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 2024 Frappato is radiant, as dusty sage and wet stones collide with blackberries and citrus. What seems disarmingly easy-going – so soft-textured and pliant – is offset by crisp red fruits and violet florals, minerality 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.