WINE IS OUR SOUL, OUR JOB, OUR RHYTHMS, AND OUR ART.

 

 

OUR LAND

 

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OUR LAND

WE ARE AT THE FARTHEST TIP OF SOUTH EASTERN SICILY

The taste of Africa jumps out at you not just from the various architectural ruins but also more importantly from the vegetation: olive, carob and almond trees and vines abound. The climate as well recalls Africa with its red, ochre and yellow tones.

 

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The Company

 

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OUR ROOTS

Three friends founded Azienda Agricola COS, in 1980: Giambattista Cilia, Cirino Strano and Giusto Occhipinti. The acronym of their last names is where the name for the winery – COS – comes from.

 

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The Wines

 

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OUR WINES

OUR WINES TELL OUR STORY AND THE STORY OF OUR ANCESTRAL LANDS.

For over 3000 years, the Earth has had grape vines. This is an extraordinary gift that we have been given and that we have received with humility and work with in our own way. We are always looking to work as artists in terms of our concept of a wine. This has enabled us to undertake a very difficult path but one that we are fully satisfied with and that we intend to pursue wholeheartedly. For the past 30 years, we have been creating our history and putting it into every glass of our wine, our story, the story of our ancestral lands.

 

 

Metodo Classico

Metodo Classico

Pithos Bianco DOC

Pithos Bianco DOC

Ramì IGP

Ramì IGP

Zibibbo in Pithos

Zibibbo in Pithos

Frappato IGP

Frappato IGP

Pithos Rosso IGT

Pithos Rosso IGT

Nero di Lupo

Nero di Lupo

Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico DOCG

Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico DOCG

Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico delle Fontane DOCG

Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico delle Fontane DOCG

Maldafrica IGP

Maldafrica IGP

Contrada IGP

Contrada IGP

Aestas Siciliae

Aestas Siciliae

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    Metodo Classico

    Metodo Classico

    Area of production: Vittoria (RG), South-Eastern of Sicily.
    Grape variety: Frappato di Vittoria 100%.
    Agriculture: Organic. Altitude: 230 meters a.s.l.
    Soil: red soil, medium consistency; formed of sub-apennine sands of Pliocene origin.
    Training system: Guyot.
    Planting density: 5.000 vines/hectare.
    Average age of vines: 25 years.
    Harvest period: first days of September.
    Fermentation: direct press, followed by spontaneous fermentation in terracotta amphorae.
    Aging: concrete thanks.
    Mise en bouteille: no addition of sugar and yeast but just fresh must from the following vintage.
    Prise de Mousse: 20 months on yeast.
    Expédition: dosage zéro.

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    Pithos Bianco DOC

    Pithos Bianco DOC

    Area of production: Fontane, Vittoria (RG), South-East of Sicily.
    Grape variety: Grecanico 100%.
    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, interwoven with compact layers of fresh clay and siliceous sand.
    Training system: Guyot.
    Planting density: 5.000 vines/hectare.
    Average age of vines in production: 12 years.
    Harvest period: September.
    Fermentation: spontaneous in terracotta amphorae, on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: amphora and bottle.

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    Ramì IGP

    Ramì IGP

    Area of production: Fontane, Bastonaca, Vittoria (RG), South-East of Sicily.
    Grapes varieties: Grillo 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.

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    Zibibbo in Pithos

    Zibibbo in Pithos

    Area of production: Marsala, West of Sicily.
    Grape variety: Zibibbo 100%.
    Altitude: 12 Meters a.s.l.
    Soil: red soil, medium consistency; formed of sub-appenine sands of Pliocene origin, of limestone-siliceous nature.
    Training system: spur cordon 40 cm tall.
    Planting density: 5.000 vines/hectare.
    Average age of vines in production: 21 years.
    Harvest period: start of September.
    Fermentation:spontaneous in terracotta amphorae, on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: amphora and bottle.

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    Frappato IGP

    Frappato IGP

    Area of production: Vittoria (RG), South-Eastern of Sicily.
    Grape variety: Frappato di Vittoria 100%.
    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: 15 years.
    Harvest period: end of September, first days of October.
    Fermentation: spontaneous on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: concrete tanks and bottle.

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    Pithos Rosso IGT

    Pithos Rosso IGT

    Area of production: Bastonca, Vittoria (RG), South-East of Sicily.
    Grape variety: Nero d’Avola 100%.
    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: 25 years.
    Harvest period: end of September, first days of October.
    Fermentation: spontaneous in terracotta amphorae, on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: amphora and bottle.

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    Nero di Lupo

    Nero di Lupo

    Area of production: Vittoria (RG), South-Eastern Sicily.
    Grape variety: Nero d’Avola 100%.
    Agriculture: Organic.
    Altitude: 230 Meters a.s.l.
    Soil: red soil, medium consistency; formednof 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: 15 years.
    Harvest period: end of September, first days of October.
    Fermentation: spontaneous on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: concrete tanks and bottle

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    Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico DOCG

    Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico DOCG

    Area of production: Vittoria (RG), South-Eastern of Sicily.
    Grapes varieties: Frappato di Vittoria 40%, Nero d’Avola 60%
    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: 25 years.
    Harvest period:end of september, first days of october.
    Fermentation: spontaneous on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: Slavonian barrels and bottle.

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    Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico delle Fontane DOCG

    Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico delle Fontane DOCG

    Area of production: Fontane,Vittoria (RG), South-Eastern Sicily.
    Grapes varieties: Frappato di Vittoria 40%, Nero d’Avola 60%.
    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, interwoven with compact layers of clay and siliceous sand.
    Training system: Guyot.
    Planting density: 5.000 vines/hectare.
    Average age of vines in production: 25 years.
    Harvest period: end of September, first days of October.
    Fermentation: spontaneous on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: Slavonian barrels and bottle.

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    Area of production: Bastonaca, Vittoria (RG), South-Eastern Sicily.
    Grapes varieties: Frappato di Vittoria 40%, Nero d’Avola 60%.
    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, interwoven with compact layers of clay and siliceous sand.
    Training system: Guyot.
    Planting density: 5.000 vines/hectare.
    Average age of vines in production: 45 years.
    Harvest period: end of September, first days of October.
    Fermentation: spontaneous on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: Slavonian barrels and bottle.

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    Maldafrica IGP

    Maldafrica IGP

    Area of production: Fontane,Vittoria (RG), South-Eastern Sicily.
    Grapes varieties: Merlot 50%, Cabernet Sauvignon 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, interwoven with compact layers of fresh clay and siliceous sand.
    Training system: spur cordon.
    Planting density: 5.000 vines/hectare.
    Average age of vines in production: 25 years.
    Harvest period: September.
    Fermentation: spontaneous in terracotta amphorae, on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: Slavonian barrels and bottle.

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    Contrada IGP

    Contrada IGP

    Area of production: Bastonaca, Vittoria (RG), South-East of Sicily.
    Grape variety: Nero d’Avola 100%.
    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, interwoven with compact layers of fresh clay and siliceous sand.
    Training system: head training.
    Planting density: 8.000 vines/hectare.
    Average age of vines in production: 50 years.
    Harvest period: end of September, first days of October.
    Fermentation: spontaneous on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: Slavonian barrels and bottle.

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    Aestas Siciliae

    Aestas Siciliae

    Area of production: Fontane, Vittoria (RG), South-East of Sicily.
    Grapes variety: White Muscat.
    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: 10 years.
    Harvest period: end of September.
    Fermentation: spontaneous on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
    Aging: steel and bottle.

 

 

Oil

 

COS OLIVE OIL

FROM THE SAME LOVE OF OUR ANCESTRAL LANDS COMES OUR SPECIAL OLIVE OIL.

When we though about making our olive oil, we didn’t have to do anything but use the same principles for making our wines. Same respect for the land, the oils and the same passion with which we make our wines were applied to making our olive oil.

 

 
Olio Extra Vergine d’Oliva

Olio Extra Vergine d’Oliva

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    Olio Extra Vergine d’Oliva

    Olio Extra Vergine d’Oliva

    Zona e comune di produzione: Piraino, Chiaramonte Gulfi (RG), Sicilia Sud-Orientale.

    Varietà degli ulivi: Tonda Iblea.

    Agricoltura: biologica.

    Altimetria: 300 metri s.l.m.

    Età media degli alberii: centenari.

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Press

 

PRESS

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Contacts

 

Winery:

S.P. 3 Acate-Chiaramonte, Km. 14,300 97019 Vittoria (RG)
tel. +39 (0) 932 876145 – fax. +39 (0) 932 875319

Winery visits are possible only upon reservation. We will happily welcome you if possible.

For more information and to reserve a spot, please contact us at: locanda@cosvittoria.it

 

Office opening hours:

  • Monday-Friday 9.00-12.00/14.30-16.30

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    General Information:

    info@cosvittoria.it

    Acquisitons and Invoicing:

    ordini@cosvittoria.it

     

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    Administration and Management office:

    amministrazione@cosvittoria.it

    Public Relations:

    pr@cosvittoria.it

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    locanda@cosvittoria.it

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