COS Metodo Classico Zero Dosaggio Frappato 2022 750ml

COS Metodo Classico Zero Dosaggio · Frappato · 2022

Founded in 1980 by Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti and Cirino Strano, COS takes its name from the founders’ initials. For this sparkling Frappato, the importer describes estate vineyards in Sicily’s Vittoria region at 230 meters, with red soils containing limestone and silica. The grapes are hand-harvested slightly underripe from vines averaging 25 years of age.

Pale copper color and a fresh, brisk profile with melon pith and dried flowers. The base wine ferments with indigenous yeast in cement tanks, ages there for twelve months, and spends 22 months on the lees before disgorgement. Serve chilled as an aperitif or try it alongside seafood and lightly fried appetizers.

Pale copper color, fresh and brisk with hints of melon pith and dried flowers

Base wine aged in cement for twelve months. The dosage is fresh must from the subsequent vintage. Spends 22 months on the lees before disgorgement

Our shop note

COS has always been a staple on our Sicilian shelves. Now imagine how excited we are to have them over in our sparkling section. Their spumante is all Frappato with a chalky and yeasty profile, the result of a year spent in cement then 22 months of lees aging.

At a glance

• Producer: COS
• Vintage: 2022
• Origin: Vittoria, Sicily, Italy
• Appellation: Terre Siciliane IGT
• Grape: Frappato
• Style: Metodo Classico sparkling wine
• Designation: Zero Dosaggio, as listed by the importer
• Vineyards: Estate-grown; 230 meters elevation
• Fermentation: Indigenous yeast in cement tanks
• Aging: Twelve months in cement, followed by 22 months on the lees
• Importer-listed disgorgement: June 2025
• Size: 750ml
• Tasting notes: Pale copper, fresh and brisk, with melon pith and dried flowers

A fresh, brisk Sicilian sparkling Frappato with a distinctive copper hue.