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Azienda Agricola Cos

2020 Azienda Agricola Cos, Nero Lupo, Sicily

Italy Nero d'Avola Sicily Cellar Access 750ML

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Azienda Agricola Cos

2020 Azienda Agricola Cos, Nero Lupo, Sicily

Italy Nero d'Avola Sicily Cellar Access 750ML

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89

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For those in the know, the beautiful squat bottles coming from Azienda Agricola COS in Vittoria are soulful wines with endless personality, character, and class. The trio of friends behind COS make a wide variety of bottlings that represent the terroir and grapes of Sicily while also incorporating modern and ancestral techniques in the winery.

Azienda Agricola Cos

In 1980, Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano formed one of the seminal Sicilian wineries, named Azienda Agricola COS for the first letter of each of their last names. Their reputation in Vittoria for working with the local varieties of Nero d'Avola and Frappato, in addition to their work with biodynamics and progressive techniques in the winery, is among the best on the island.

Elevage in the winery can differ quite a bit from wine to wine, as Giusto Occhipinti (Arianna Occhipinti’s uncle) spent many of the early years experimenting with different means of fermentation and aging. In addition to neutral casks, they often utilize concrete tanks and even 440-liter clay amphorae.

Their Cerasuolo di Vittoria—which differs quite a bit from the pale, quaffable Cerasuolos produced in Abruzzo—is one of the best produced in the region. They additionally make a version aged in amphorae, and a single-vineyard Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico from a site called Della Fontane, which is one of the region’s most compelling wines.

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Azienda Agricola Cos

For those in the know, the beautiful squat bottles coming from Azienda Agricola COS in Vittoria are soulful wines with endless personality, character, and class. The trio of friends behind COS make a wide variety of bottlings that represent the terroir and grapes of Sicily while also incorporating modern and ancestral techniques in the winery.

In 1980, Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano formed one of the seminal Sicilian wineries, named Azienda Agricola COS for the first letter of each of their last names. Their reputation in Vittoria for working with the local varieties of Nero d'Avola and Frappato, in addition to their work with biodynamics and progressive techniques in the winery, is among the best on the island.

Elevage in the winery can differ quite a bit from wine to wine, as Giusto Occhipinti (Arianna Occhipinti’s uncle) spent many of the early years experimenting with different means of fermentation and aging. In addition to neutral casks, they often utilize concrete tanks and even 440-liter clay amphorae.

Their Cerasuolo di Vittoria—which differs quite a bit from the pale, quaffable Cerasuolos produced in Abruzzo—is one of the best produced in the region. They additionally make a version aged in amphorae, and a single-vineyard Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico from a site called Della Fontane, which is one of the region’s most compelling wines.

Vinous

Vinous

89

The 2020 Nero di Lupo impresses with its savory blend of grilled sage, flinty crushed rocks and citrus-tinged red currants. It’s round in feel with lively acids to balance, as sour cherry mixed with hints of tangerine gives way to saline-mineral tones toward the close. A bitter trace and nuances of plum skins linger through the long and spicy finale. The Nero di Lupo is a zesty, varietal Nero d'Avola that will excel at the dinner table.

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Vinous

Vinous

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The 2020 Nero di Lupo impresses with its savory blend of grilled sage, flinty crushed rocks and citrus-tinged red currants. It’s round in feel with lively acids to balance, as sour cherry mixed with hints of tangerine gives way to saline-mineral tones toward the close. A bitter trace and nuances of plum skins linger through the long and spicy finale. The Nero di Lupo is a zesty, varietal Nero d'Avola that will excel at the dinner table.