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

Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC 2021

APPELLATION: Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Grignolino

WINE STYLE: Red Still

FERMENTATION TANKS: 70 years old chestnut wood casks

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 5-6 days

MALOLACTIC: Completed

AGED IN: Oak wood, then in stainless steel

AGED FOR: 6 months

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No fining, no filtering

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: 29 mg/L

BOTTLING DATE: N/A

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12.53%

VINEYARD: All around the vinery

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic and Biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 270 and 280 m ASL

SOIL: Calcareous - Clayey

YEAR PLANTED: 2003

DENSITY: 4000 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: Mid September

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 6000 bottles