Pierre Arnold "Mon Tresor" Sylvaner Welslchriesling Giusto Occhipinti of COS is

Giusto Occhipinti of COS is a benchmark producer in the Vittoria appellation of Sicily

Urban uses them because they are a reductive environment which never needs temperature control

offering the lush fruit of “New World” wines combined with the firm acidity of “Old World” renditions

with an unmistakable sense of place

The grapes were hand-harvested and fermented in whole clusters for 15 days with wild yeasts

Pierre Arnold "Mon Tresor" Sylvaner Welslchriesling Giusto Occhipinti of COS isThe Sylvaner grapes for "Mon Tresor" (My Treasure) gets the all star treatment in this brand new cuve from Pierre and Suzanne. The fruit is harvested from a parcel planted in 1986, on sandy, granitic soils with two types of mica. It is then pressed directly into used Meursault barrels to age on the lees for 18 20 months, with the gentle process of roulage (rolling of the barrels) instead of batonnage (stirring using a stick, or "baton"), about 3 to 4