“Maldafrica” Rosso (anfora) Terre Siciliane IGT 2022 (BIO)

Az. Agr. COS | Sicily
Az. Agr. COS | SP. 3 Acate-Chiaramonte Km 14,300 | IT 97019 Vittoria

19182522 · 0,75 l · 32,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping< 24 units available

Mal d'Afrika – this is not a romantic play on words. It is a real feeling: that homesickness for Africa that strikes anyone who has spent time in this landscape and cannot let go. In the south-easternmost tip of Sicily, where Vittoria lies between the Ippari and Dirillo rivers, this expression is immediately understood: the colours, the heat, the silence, the earth. COS has dedicated a wine to this feeling. The grape varieties behind it are surprising: Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon in equal parts – the most international varieties in the wine world, cultivated by a company that otherwise consistently favours indigenous varieties. The contradiction is resolved in the cellar. COS treats Merlot and Cabernet like Frappato and Nero d'Avola: spontaneous fermentation on the skins in terracotta amphorae, natural yeasts, no added sulphur. Then matured in Slavonian oak barrels. 25-year-old vines on the red Pliocene sandy soils of Contrada Fontane, 230 metres, biodynamically cultivated. 5,000 vines per hectare, hand-picked in September.

Intense, deep ruby red colour. Ripe dark fruit, blackberry, cassis, clove, maquis, a hint of leather and earth on the nose – warm and complex. Full-bodied on the palate and characterised by velvety tannins, with Mediterranean warmth and a long, spicy final. Merlot and Cabernet – but with the soul of Africa. SUPERIORE.DE