Red
Freisa d'Asti
By Antonio Bellicoso, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Freisa from the Bellicoso estate in Montegrosso d'Asti, fermented in about a week and bottled the following late spring or summer.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Freisa d'Asti DOC
- Grape
- Freisa 100%
- Vinification
- Grapes are picked into crates of no more than 18 kg and crushed gently in vats of no more than 25 quintals, with 2 to 3 pump-overs a day for the first three days and one a day afterwards. Malolactic fermentation runs spontaneously with native bacteria, with the cellar kept at 20 C or above. Alcoholic fermentation ends in 7 to 8 days. Bottled in late spring or summer.