Vino Lauria FRAPPATO - 2018 REGION: ITALY - SICILY THE WINE Vineyard Profile Fià Nobile vineyard, close to the beaches of Scoglitti near Vittoria. • Soils: Sandy • Yield: 7 tons • Vine Training System: Espalier Harvest Notes VINO LAURIA • 2018 a hot vintage with early harvest, but able to avoid excess ripening and maintain freshness and aromas typical of Frappato With wine making in his family blood, Vito • Fermented at 60º F for 12 days Lauria decided to attend the University of • Aged 8 months in stainless steel tanks Udine in Friuli where he obtained a degree in Enology in 2003. After stepping Winemaker's Notes off the campus he worked at a number It can be called the “foreigner” among the Lauria wines, even though by a bit: the wineries in northern Italy for a few years only one that doesn’t grow around Alcamo, but nourishes of Sicilian sandy lands, before returning to Sicily in 2005. Vito not very distant from the beaches of Scoglitti, in the area of Ragusa. It’s from these came home to open the old family winery “lean” lands which it owes its attractively weak color and its lightness. Of rare in Alcamo, 30 miles west of Palermo. grapes that at one time were cultivated only to eat, known in the past as the wine of the royals, the wine “speaks” of cherry, aromatic herbs and white pepper. Summer is its season. Technical Information • 100% certified Organic Frappato grapes • Alcohol: 13% • Total Acidity: 6.2 g/l • Bottles produced 18,000 REVIEWS Frappato – 2018 90 Points - Vinous, June, 2021 The 2018 Frappato Scoglitti mixes notes of wet stone, caraway and sage with crushed blackberries to form a captivating display. This is soft and juicy in feel, offering gorgeous inner floral perfumes and a pure display of red and blue fruits. Nuanced tannins and residual acids linger as the Scoglitti tapers off fresh to a bitter twang of savory herbs. 2021 – 2025 GENERAL INFO Country Italy Region Sicily Appellation(s) Terre Siciliane Proprietors Vito Lauria Founded 2005 Winemaker Vito Lauria Annual Production 7,000 9L cases Farming (Sustainable, organic, Organic biodynamic).