2011 COS Sicilia Pithos Rosso

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  3/27/2024 - Winevestor Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I lost this in the cellar, but although at end of its drinking window it was still fun to drink. The Sicilian reds all have that medium body feel and are light on their feet, but give good flavor and complexity. Interesting looking at my old TN: the wine has developed, lost its cola, and gained some weight. Interesting.

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  6/10/2023 - havarhar wrote: 91 Points

  Rubinrød fargesterk, klar, med litt orange tone.
  Lukter av modne kirsebær, med litt syre. Litt alderspreg.
  Velbalansert og behagelig i munnen. Fyldig. Passe med syre. Ørlite tanniner i avslutningen. Lang. En vin som har klart seg fint med litt largring.

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  9/10/2017 - JVG wrote:

  Cherry red color. Very interesting nose. It’s a little reserved, so you have to work at it a bit. But there are some high-toned red fruit aromas of sour cherry, raspberry, and cranberry, as well as a sort of vegetal/herbal character that is just as strong as the fruit but very tough to identify. Kind of a green tomato-leaf/tobacco/chervil sort of thing, as well as some miso. Also a touch of floral perfume and a very, very faint funkiness. On the palate, it’s a little more straighforward, mostly fruit, a touch of the herbal notes, and a mineral taste that seems almost wrapped up in or a part of the texture, which is maybe the most striking part—medium weight and refined, but almost like very finely sanded wood rather than the usual velvet or silk you’d normally think of. Hard to describe. The finish is sour cherry and earth, and long.
  
  This is really good. Distinctive, tasty, easy to drink, complex, and just the right amount of weird. I really enjoy it.

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  12/29/2016 - Mpeshoo Does not like this wine:

  Not for me.

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  12/9/2016 - retired_and_roving Does not like this wine:

  From the glass list at Gramercy Tavern (NYC). This was my husband's glass which I tasted, and as I suspected the Frappato hit me dead on the nose. Something really super duper tutti-frutti about the smell of Frappato that I just cannot stand. The nose gives it away for me every time. Very fruit forward but light bodied wine. Not my wheelhouse at all - so a pass for me.

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