Azienda Agricola Cos Rami Bianco Terre Siciliane IGP 2022

Rami is an attractive and at the same time very individual blend of Grecanico and Inzolia.

Nosiola (Ansonica, Inzolia) and Garganega

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Tree Fruit, Floral, Stone Fruit, and Mineral, Sweet Spice and Toasted

BODY: Medium
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium -
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: Sicily, Italy

Grape Varietals:

Nosiola (Ansonica, Inzolia) and Garganega

Winemaking:
Natural and Organic
Whole Bunch, Crushed, Wild yeast, and On Lees Ageing

Maturation: 7-12 Months Concrete Tanks and Bottle Ageing

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Young Soft Cheeses, Carpacchio, Poke Bowls

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Thai Basil Pork, Vietnamese Pho, Fresh Salads

Azienda Agricola Cos

COS are an exciting natural winery in the Vittoria region of Sicily. Located in the south east corner of the island, Vittoria is the home to the only Sicilian DOCG, Cerasuaolo di Vittoria, which brings together the Nero d'Avola and Frappato varieties

Description

Azienda Agricola Cos Rami Sicilia IGP 2022

Rami is an attractive and at the same time very individual blend of Grecanico and Inzolia. Bright golden yellow with a slight cloudiness typical of an orange wine and with an initially restrained-reductive bouquet, then with some aeration sweetly fragrant of apricots, dried flowers and orange peel.

This intellectual white needs time and a certain experience with natural wines - with the necessary portion of oxygen it is highly appetising and elegant on the palate

Area of production: Fontane, Bastonaca, Vittoria (RG), South-East of Sicily.
Grapes varieties: Grecanico 50%, Insolia 50%.
Agriculture: Organic.
Altitude: 230 Meters a.s.l.
Soil: red soil, medium consistency; formed of sub-apennine sands of Pliocene origin, of limestone-siliceous nature.
Training system: Guyot.
Planting density: 5.000 vines/hectare.
Average age of vines in production: 12 years.
Harvest period: September.
Fermentation: spontaneous on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
Aging: concrete tanks and bottle.

Dry & Yeasty Whites

Open tank fermentation, lees stirring, pumping over and racking can all play a role during vinification, while oxidative aging in allows gradual air contact with the wine. Oak barrels & concrete tanks are most often used for such styles, and the more intense styles are often made under flor

Expect notes of yeasty umami notes, as well as almon, dried apricot, and salinity

Oxidative Wines

A wine that is deliberately exposed to oxygen, usually as a result of open fermentors, or using porous vessel like oak barrels or Georgian amphorae. These wines tend to exhibit more nutty, dried fruit & saline notes, and typically have a darker color to them