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

Barbera del Monferrato DOC 2020

APPELLATION: Barbera del Monferrato DOC

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Barbera

WINE STYLE: Red Still

FERMENTATION TANKS: Oak Wood 40 years old (80 Hl)

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 15 days, 80% destemmed, 20% whole bunch

MALOLACTIC: Completed

AGED IN: 1 year in cask then 4/5 months in bottle

AGED FOR: 1 Year

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No fining, no filtering

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: 30mg/ liter before bottling

BOTTLING DATE: November 2021

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13.5%

VINEYARD: All around the winery

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic and Biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 280/290 meters ASL

SOIL: Calcareous - Clayey

YEAR PLANTED: 1972/3 and 1990

DENSITY: 4000 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: September 20th

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 8000 bottles