Friday 10 April 2015

Cos Cerasuolo di Vittoria 2010




You already know my weaknesses for Sicilian grapes and Cos is one of my strong and compelling points. This is 60 parts of Nero d'Avola, aged in oak barrels, and 40 parts Frappato, which makes vitrified cement, for an aging ranging from 18 to 24 months.

Beautiful ruby, a long and pleasantly nose, overwhelmed by a lot of black pepper, which will mark, constantly, the olfactory and gustatory development. This strong spiced presence, however, does not brake the rise of the other performers, that fit with harmony, and contribute to enrich the aromatic kit.
Very clean and noticeable the fruity sensations - pomegranate, grapefruit and red orange - blending with violet, oregano and impetuous gusts of minerality sea.

The taste, balanced and complex, is brilliantly in line with the olfactory performance. The black pepper is confirmed protagonist with the fruity tones - a fleshy cherry adds to citrus. The freshness is always in vogue, for an irresistible drinkability.
Excellent persistence, it shuts down, leaving a marine mouth, savory, licorice and especially greedy gulps, unfortunately extinct indeed too fast.

A drink of lustful and carnal sicilianity.

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