
COS - 'Contrada' IGT Sicilia 2009
The vintage shows bright berry, a seamless red, with fine concentration and definition to the flavors of wild cherry, dried herb, olive, red licori...
View full detailsCOS was established in 1980 by three friends—Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Pinuccia Strano—each of whom is represented by the initial letter of his surname in the winery’s title. While the venture began purely as a pleasurable pursuit, following early qualitative success derived from a fairly casual operation, they adopted a serious orientation, employing modern viticultural techniques. Today, Cilia and Occhipinti continue to oversee the estate’s operation.
The estate pays homage to Sicilia’s native grapes, cultivating wines from Frappato di Vittoria, Nero d’Avola, Inzolia, and Grecanico. While most of these varietals appear in blends, preeminent portfolio positioning is accorded to Nero d’Avola, which figures in several monovarietal bottlings. Nero d’Avola, essentially an exclusive inhabitant of Sicilia, attains high sugar levels and surprisingly, despite the heat, exhibits a rather bracing acidity. When vinified as a single varietal, it fashions a red that often inspires comparison to Syrah, and, like the latter, is amenable to projecting a vast stylistic range.
The vintage shows bright berry, a seamless red, with fine concentration and definition to the flavors of wild cherry, dried herb, olive, red licori...
View full details100% Grecanico from vines with an average age of 20 years. Fermented in amphora before being aged for 7 months in cellar. Supple and rounded in the...
View full detailsUnique and expressive, this blend of Nero d’Avola and Frappato is aged in “terracotta amphorae” for more than 6 months and represents a milestone p...
View full detailsThis is a rich, mouth-filling and quite powerful wine some slight notes of orange zest and sicilian lemons – the firm texture comes from the long s...
View full detailsThe Zibibbo (Sicilian for Muscat) has been partially aged on skins to give not just a richer colour but also a fantastical aromatic profile. Don't ...
View full detailsThe Zibibbo (Sicilian for Muscat) has been partially aged on skins to give not just a richer colour but also a fantastical aromatic profile. Don't ...
View full detailsThe Zibibbo (Sicilian for Muscat) has been partially aged on skins to give not just a richer colour but also a fantastical aromatic profile. Don't ...
View full detailsA very good Sicilian dessert wine made from biologically grown Moscato grapes, some 200 meters above sea level. The result is a golden yellow wine ...
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