Red
Blenda
By Ca' del Prete, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A blend of Freisa from three vineyards. Blenda means lazy in dialect, like this wine, which re-ferments spontaneously whenever it likes.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Freisa d'Asti DOC
- Grape
- Freisa 100%
- Production area
- Pino d'Asti and adjacent hills
- Soil
- Strong presence of fossil residues, limestone, sand, and scattered silt and clay springs.
- Vineyard planting
- Three vineyards, average age 20 years; well-rotted manure, grass cover and mowing.
- Vinification
- Native yeasts for both fermentations. Not fined. Aged in steel, with a single pass through a coarse cardboard filter. Sulphur dioxide under 50 mg/l.