Italy
Pithos Rosso - 2021 - Giusto Occhipinti
Azienda Cos
An open nose, with notes of cherry, raspberry, and flowers. Palate: fleshy, rounded, with lovely fruit and great finesse... An irreproachable wine.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Terre Siciliane IGP
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
100% Nero d'Avola from 25-year-old vines planted in the village of Bastonaca at an altitude of 230 meters, in the southeast of the island, on red sandy soils. Vinification: grapes are harvested by hand in small crates, maceration in amphorae, fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Aged in the same terracotta amphorae, bottled on the estate with only a micro-dose of sulfur.
Giusto Occhipinti
Giusto Occhipinti is Arianna ’s uncle, but above all he is her mentor. He founded this vineyard in 1980 with two friends. From the first letters of their three names (Cilia, Occhipinti, Strano) came the name of Domaine COS. From three hectares in 1980, they grew to 10 ha in 1990, then they acquired a further 20 hectares in 2005. Giambattista Cilia and Giusto Occhipinti, who now run the...
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