Features
Name:
I Prà Riesling IGT 2021
Terrain:
Clayey manroses
Cellar
Alessio Brandolini's company was founded in 1873, in the municipality of San Damiano al Colle, thanks to Carlo Brandolini, his great-grandfather. The business was then continued by his son Aristide and later by Costante, father of the current owner Alessio. Later, the latter, freshly graduated, took over the management of the company, full of ideas and enthusiasm after long experiences in the most important wineries. The Azienda Agricola Alessio Brandolini is a member of the FIVI - Federazione Italiana Vignaioli Indipendenti (Italian Federation of Independent Winegrowers), a non-profit organisation that protects and enhances the figure, work, interests and technical-economic needs of the Italian independent winegrower. No synthetic fertilisers are used in the vineyard, high planting density: a high number of vines per hectare to increase competition between vines and reduce the quantity of grapes per plant, permanent grassing. In the cellar, cryomaceration, long maceration, barrel and bottle ageing are carried out. The Oltrepò Pavese is a generous land, which allows different varieties of wine to be produced well. The labels that characterise the wines are all designed by Beppe Pasciutti, an Italian artist originally from Lomellina.
Description
It is produced from a vineyard of Rhine Riesling grapes in the municipality of San Damiano al Colle, on hills exposed to the sun at an altitude between 250 and 300 metres above sea level.
-Independent Winegrowers-
Organoleptic characteristics:
Straw yellow in colour, the impact on the nose is intense, with hints of ripe white fruit, balsamic herbs and hydrocarbons. In the mouth it is balanced, warm, with great structure and persistence.
Storage time:
2-5 years
Vinification
Produced exclusively in favourable vintages.
The grapes, Riesling Renano 100%, are harvested in boxes, placed whole in the press and fermented at a low temperature. It remains in contact with the fine lees for a long time before being bottled, after which it rests in the bottle for a period of no less than three years.
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