COS - Frappato 2022

COS - Frappato 2022Azienda Agricola COS was founded in 1980 by three friends Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano, three school friends who were interested in recreating the wines of their ancestors. The founding of COS coincided with a period of great demand for Sicilian wines. Phylloxera had devastated most of the worlds top winegrowing regions, but had not yet reached the island. After a few vintages working conventionally, the trio knew that they

Gois or Goisse means a very steep slope

Pedro’s father purchased the property

the town gave him the entire slope of Veldenzer Elisenberg and it has remained in the family ever since

In general

While many producers in the Clare Valley stick to tried-and-true practices

each wine produced at the domain has an identity

utilizing wild yeast fermentation and low intervention winemaking

length of fermentation

and crisp acidity

in what are considered to be some of the youngest soils in the world: just 15

all the way through bottling

Philipponnat stores the older vintages “neck down” in the “Caveau du Trésor”