COS Rami Bianco 2022

Country: Italy

Region: Sicily

Type: Orange Wine

Grape: Grecanico/Insolia

Giusto Occhipinti of COS is a benchmark producer in the Vittoria appellation of Sicily, and certainly one of the most important, influential, producers in all of Sicily if not Italy as a whole. The winery was founded in 1980 by three friends, Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano. The initials of their last names form the winery’s name. The winery is practicing organic and ferments in amphorae using natural, ambient yeast.

This wine spends 15 days on skins, followed by aging in concrete vats for nine months and another three months in the bottle before release. Exotic like some of the other orange Sicilian whites with honey notes, floral hints, grapefruit oils, herbs, and tons of minerality. Ample floral notes, richness and heavy weight fruit flavors, and a long, exotic finish.