Ely Cohn

9.2

I’d been jonesing to try the Martha Stoumen collection for a long time. I’ve read plenty on her background - her training under Occhipinti at Cos and I love her thoughtful articulation of California terroir, natural wine, and Sicilian grapes.

This is fun bright sunshine at a meager 10%. The smell of oysters mid slurp - briny ocean and minerals. Flavors of sour lemon drop.

Attentive and still easy. — 6 years ago

Robert Hou

9.0

More fruit than occhipinti but still good — 8 years ago

Brecht Spileers

9.0

Frappato and Nero d'avola still a perfect marriage. But in this one the oak was overpowering and out of balance. Either the oak's to new or it needs some more time. Eager to compare this to Grotte Alte by Arianna Occhipinti which is made just north, if it just wasn't sold out everywhere... — 8 years ago

with Charlotte

Lucas

9.0

Spicy grassy and fruity — 9 years ago

Marty Winters

9.1

7-8 months on the skins in amphora. Signed by Guisto Occhipinti. #italy #italia #skinferment — 11 years ago

Thomas Lim

9.5

Disgorged on white shirt, tutto bene — 11 years ago

with jams, Alan and 2 others

Molly Rydzel

9.9

Fresh and creamy - courtesy of Mr. Jan D'Amore — 12 years ago

Louis Schofield

Sommelier/Wine Merchant East End Cellars

9.4

Thanks to the great man s.gup for the occhipinti and To-ols — 12 years ago

Christopher Cordero

9.1

Beautiful and intense. Dried herbs, tomato vine, tart cherries, fresh raspberries, olive compote. From a small producer and terroir that invokes natural production and vinification. — 6 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

I pretty much love every Ariana Occhipinti touches. Second time with her Tami’ project. It’s murky but cohesive. Stems, minerals, red fruits, and good acid all in excellent balance. — 7 years ago

Hanif Perry

9.4

Sweet delicious with gigs balsamic reduct and ricotta cheese. — 8 years ago

with Aadil

Ty Agens

9.2

A little bigger and slightly smokies than an Occhipinti or Tami frappato, but still a beautifully restrained food wine. — 9 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.2

Nero d'Avola and Frappato in roughly equal measure aged in clay amphora. Cherry as the name indicates indeed, as well as strawberry immediately and currants with 2 or so hours of air. A lot of floral notes up front reminded me of Barolo, especially with the mineral notes and the silky, but firm tannins. This is the best wine in a while for me from Sicily not from Mt. Etna. I am looking forward to trying more from COS and Occhipinti who is the "O" in #COS. #sicily #frappato #cerasuolo #docg #amphora — 10 years ago

Lauren Luquet

10

The OG Occhipinti. Wow. — 11 years ago

@mtpete

9.6

Delicious! — 12 years ago

Maria Nilsson

9.5

Grymt gott — 12 years ago

Jenevie Shoykhet

9.3

$26ish price point. Very easy drinking. Easy complexity, minimal fruit, mostly earth, spice, mineral notes without being an overpowering wine. — 6 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.3

This is an awesome grappa. Herbal, aromatic. Complex. Interesting. L07. — 7 years ago

Cheryl Rubin

9.1

Funky, earthy barnyard with a just a hint of fruit. If you like this style, which I do, you will love this wine. — 8 years ago

Tetsu Nakazawa

9.0

Buono mercato. Value. Montepulciano sarebbe il mio favarito. Sarebbe meglio di SP 68 dal Occhipinti. — 8 years ago

Katy James

9.0

Poppy strawberries with herbal notes of rosemary. Juicy with well integrated tannins. — 9 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

8.9

Nice. I haven't had much history in Sicily...other than Occhipinti and watching The Godfather. Oddly enough, this bottle combined both. Delicious and dangerous. — 11 years ago

LM Segal

9.4

'10. Maldafrica was inspired by an early '80s visit by COS cofounder to Haut-Brion. A truly different 50-50 Cab-Merlot with the house style that crosses elegance with a good kind of rusticity. Giusto Occhipinti (above) was also a phenomenal host and the best kind of Bon Vivant. Seek him out, as the COS story is as inspirational as this very, very yummy and distinctive wine. Like Gulfi, making Sicily among the hotbeds of cool new wines in Europe. COS winemaker's tasting @noragrey. Kudos to Theo and Oenopole! — 11 years ago

with Chris

Noah Chasin

9.7

Occhipinti triumphs again with a way-better-than-it-should-be-at-this-price killer Nero d'avola. — 12 years ago