COS Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico 2021COSs 2021 Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico moves with an easy, sunlit grace. Frappato opens on wild strawberry, pomegranate juice, and a hint of pink peppercorn, while Nero dAvola layers in black raspberry, cocoa nib, and a faint note of smoked clay. The palate carries a distinctly Sicilian savorinessdried oregano, bay leaf, and a whisper of sea breeze over warm stone. Supple and transparent, it glides rather than presses, finishing clean and lightly

Red berry fruit stays taut and crunchy

showing Premier Cru density without heaviness: savory red fruit framed by compact

Kenny Likitprakong

but it’s the Corsican way of saying Sangiovese

An old man

It’s intellectually woven and hedonistically satisfying

nervy take on cool-climate American Cabernet Franc

The same sun-drenched hills

"I mean that

and real Grand Cru pleasure — a wine that’s already hard not to love

I’ve been blown away by its actual price (see below)

you won’t have to pay a lot for the experience