Who: Marco Cordani
Where: Montine, Carpaneto Piacentino, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
What: Vino Bianco, Vino Bianco Frizzante, Vino Rosso
How: Certified Organic (Suolo e Salute), estate-grown
Total size: 625 cases, 4.5 ha (11 ac)

Magia Vino Rosso Frizzante 2020

APPELLATION: Vino Rosso Frizzante

GRAPE VARIETY: 60% Barbera, 40% Croatina (locally called Bonarda) (Co-Fermented)

WINE STYLE: Rosso Frizzante

FERMENTATION TANKS: Concrete (45 Hectoliters), than 30 hl after the skins are gone

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 10 days on skins then 15 days/ 21 on lees until it reaches a certain sugar level (15-20 grams per liter of sugar).

MALOLACTIC: Naturally occurs in the spring

AGED IN: Concrete & Bottle

AGED FOR: 6 Months in Concrete, 6 Months in Bottle

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Bentonite and Rough Filtration

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: Total unknown, added at crush, and 5 ppm at bottling.

BOTTLING DATE: April, 2021 when primary fermentation has restarted, but before it has completed.

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14%

VINEYARD: Estate

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic (Suolo e Salute)

ALTITUDE: 180 m

SOIL: Clay and Stones

YEAR PLANTED: 1980 to 2003, and 2014

DENSITY: 4,000 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: End of Sept. 2020

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 3,900 bottles