COS Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico 2022

COS Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico 2022$29. 99 on 6+ bottles (code: 6saves2) 91 pts Vinous Depths of black raspberry mingle with licorice and grilled herbs as the 2022 Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico opens in the glass. Pleasantly sweet up front, it splashes across the palate with ripe wild berry fruit and a cascade of spice, all propelled by juicy acidity. The finish is crisp and lightly tannic, with a bitter tinge that calls the taster back for more. The 2022 aims to please.

very clean and more approachable because 2024 was more challenging and 2025 was very healthy

Drinking Window 2024 - 2034

coffee bean and lavender flavors

Extraction is very gentle—simply wetting the cap every two days and fermenting cool for 10–15 days

Raffaele’s wines veer aesthetically from the mainstream of their appellation while simultaneously seeming to reveal something even truer and more visceral about their place of origin

burning embers

but like some of the other wines from this vintage

Complex and aromatic

344 bottles produced

Altitude: 700 m above sea level

lavender and eucalyptus

Only a few wines from this vintage maintain this level of purity and depth