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Arianna Occhipinti Sicilia Bianco Vino di Contrada SM 2024 [NET]

$7999

Arianna Occhipinti spent years looking for the right white vineyard, and in 2016 she found it: a site at nearly 500 meters in the hills above Chiaramonte Gulfi, ringed by pines, oaks and centuries-old olive trees. The grape is Grillo, the contrada is Santa Margherita, and the soils are white limestone marl and sand laid down by an ancient sea. She gives it a day on the skins, ferments spontaneously in concrete and large Austrian oak casks, then ages it ten months split between the two. Sicilian rules won't let her name the contrada on the label, hence SM. The altitude and the gypsum in the soil do the rest, keeping this saline and firm rather than sun-baked. A white with real presence and no makeup.

Shipping

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  • Nationwide Access: Flat-rate shipping available to most U.S. states with delivery in 3-5 business days.
  • Temperature-Monitored Shipping: We closely monitor weather conditions and make informed decisions to ensure shipments travel safely, with insulated packaging and refrigerated transport available when required.
  • Wine-Specific Protective Packaging: Specialized materials designed to maintain label integrity and prevent breakage during transit.
  • Provenance Assured: All wines are maintained in climate-controlled conditions at our shop until the moment of dispatch.

Returns & Exchanges

We stand behind every bottle we sell.

  • If the wine is less than 10 years old and it is corked, you may return it to us for a full refund or exchange within 60 days of purchase. You must show us proof of purchase. We understand that you may not live near a shop and that it is difficult to ship open bottles of wine to us, so if there's any problem feel free to Contact Us and we'll work it out.
  • For wines older than 10 years, the consumer bears the risk of a faulty cork, but we accept returns of older bottles if the wine is faulty as a result of improper storage. Please come by the store or Contact Us if there is a problem.
  • We may, at our discretion and to the extent permitted by law, accept returns of unopened wines within 30 days of purchase if they were properly stored by the purchaser, subject to a 15% re-stocking fee.

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More about Arianna Occhipinti

Arianna Occhipinti is one of our favorite producers of Sicilian wine. And of Italian wine. And of natural wine.

Why did Occhipinti become a star? Is it the cool wax tops and funky labels? Her personal charisma? Those help of course. But the real reason--and the only reason her fame has lasted--is the wines themselves.

Arianna's wines are amazing on multiple levels. She proved that natural wines with pure fruit don't come just from Beaujolais. Italy can make them too. Even Sicily, which for years seemed to produce only supermarket wine.

She also proved that what unites great natural wines isn't any particular flavor of naturalness, but their purity. Their ability to express their unique identity with a clarity and a vibrancy that makes drinking them more like communing with a foreign land and culture than just having a glass of wine.

So her wines don't have fruit anything like the great Beaujolais path-breakers of natural wine. Her wines have Sicily's gushing fruit (it's warmer than in Beaujolais!), balanced by just enough acidity and an undertone of minerality. Her Frappato has a salty undercurrent that balances the warm fruit and the granite minerality. It's a legendary food wine, especially with red sauce made tangy with anchovies. And her white wine manages to be at once a fresh and beautifully lime-inflected sipper and a genuine wine of terroir.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Grillo

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Natural

  • Style

    Earthy , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled octopus, sardines with breadcrumbs and lemon, roast chicken with rosemary, pasta with bottarga, or a fennel and citrus salad.

Tasting Profile

Dry and medium-bodied. Citrus zest and orange blossom, sage and wild herbs, a faintly waxy texture and a firm, salty, gently grippy finish.

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