Valle dell'Acate 'Il Frappato' 2023

region: sicily, italy
grape(s): frappato
drinks best: now - 5 years

Valle Dell’Acate’s Frappato is a reflection of winemaker Gaetana Jacono’s love of red Burgundy; the wine is packed with flavors of spicy red raspberry and red cherry. It’s perfumed and highly aromatic lavender floral and herbal nose with high-tone red fruit on the palate still provides excellent proof that Sicily is capable of producing far more than just over-extracted, sun-baked reds.  This is a fleshy, yet lighter-bodied wine dominated by vibrant red fruit and spice. This versatile, unoaked red is a welcome companion at the dinner table, but also drinks beautifully on its own.

pairing: grilled tuna or swordfish