COZs "Pop" Vital Branco 2023

COZs "Pop" Vital Branco 2023The COZ project is a partnership of Tiago Teles of Gilda and RAIZ and Antonio Marques da Cruz of Serradinha (featured in November's Direct Press, he puts ladybugs on the corks). They joined forces in order to work the land of one of their winemaking heroes, Jose Mendona of Quinta dos Cozinheiros, who passed away tragically. The name COZ is taken from his winery. After a few vintages they acquired some more parcels in the Montejunto mountain range, a

with an added complexity and a more gauzy

This wine is 100% Sangiovese from three plots ranging between 150m and 350m above sea level

without veering into the buttery category

it’s the sports drink of the month

Located in the heart of historic downtown Charleston

They are now certified Biodynamic

Grown on steep slopes with a west orientation and worked mainly manual

Fermented and aged in steel tank with a year agin on fine lees

Press 4 Mix/Red • June 2025 Direct Press Selection

Minimal sulfur added at bottling

Vines planted in the 1980s and worked organically

The winery lies roughly 25 minutes east of Slavček in the Vipava Valley