Cavallotto Langhe Freisa

100% Freisa from the Barolo cru Bricco Boschis. Fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, macerated with the skins for 3-5 days using submerged cap technique. Aged for 12-15 months in old, 2000 to 3000-liter Slavonian oak bottis. Bottled 15th November, 2017. 14,1% alcohol, 2,2 g/l residual sugar, 6,42 g/l acidity, pH 3,31 and 28,3 g/l total dry extract. Tasted blind. Somewhat translucent cherry red color with a somewhat plummy hue. Quite ripe and dark-toned but also subtly green nose with aromas …

2018 Cavallotto visit with Giuseppe Cavallotto (Tenuta Bricco Boschis, Castiglione Falletto) : Cavallotto has 0.5 ha of Freisa vines. “Ten days’ maceration here”, said Giuseppe. Dark colour. “Oh, it’s a beautiful nose” said Thierry. Funky and a bit wild with wild blackberries and raspberries, bramble, barbequed venison and earth. I really enjoyed this wine. Very dark fruited and a bit feral (in a good way). Wild berries and dark plums, some metallic minerality. “Drink it with meat” said Giuseppe but …