Who: Francesco Brezza
Where: San Giorgio Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
What: Barbera, Grignolino, Freisa
How: Organic, Biodynamic, estate-grown
Total size: Small

Monferrato DOC Freisa 2021

APPELLATION: Monferrato DOC Freisa

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Freisa

WINE STYLE: Red Still

FERMENTATION TANKS: Stainless steel

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 8 to 10 days. 80% destemmed, 20% whole cluster

MALOLACTIC: Completed

AGED IN: Stainless Steel

AGED FOR: 6 months

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No fining, no filtering

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: 26.4 mg/L

BOTTLING DATE: N/A

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12.94%

VINEYARD: All around the winery, Freisa faces South-west

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic and Biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 190 m

SOIL: Calcareous - Clayey

YEAR PLANTED: 2000

DENSITY: 4000 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: September 27th

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 4000 bottles