2024 COS - Frappato (750ml)

Founded by Giusto Occhipinti and two classmates in the early 1980s, COS has become one of Sicily's leading names in biodynamic, non-interventionist winemaking, farming organically without selected yeasts or chemical inputs. Sourced from 15-year-old vines on red, limestone-siliceous soils at 230 meters near Vittoria, fermented spontaneously on the skins with indigenous yeasts, then aged in concrete tanks before bottling, entirely unoaked. James Suckling called it overt and spicy, with elegant black-pepper aromas alongside black cherry, leather, and earthy notes, medium-bodied with a silky texture, fragrant crunchy tannins well-tamed by crisp acidity. A genuinely delicious, easy-drinking expression of Sicily's aromatic native red grape, best served with a slight chill.