🍊 COS 2019 IGT Terre Siciliane ‘Pithos’ Bianco Sicilia

A dense and multilayered orange wine from Vittoria in southern Sicily. This is the ‘Pithos’, Greek for amphorae, and is 100%n Grecanico from the Fontane vineyard. This wine is naturally made, with spontaneous fermentation followed by extended contact on the skins before aging in amphorae, resulting in a textured and full-bodied orange wine. Ripe pear, wax, barnyard, nutmeg... so much going on here!

WINEMAKER: Giusto Occhipinti

VARIETAL: 100% Grecanico

APPELLATION: Vittoria (Fontane vineyard)

REGION: Sicily

IN THE VINEYARD: Certified Organic with evidence of Biodynamic technique

IN THE WINERY: Naturally made, amphora aged

ABV%: 13.5

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