Carussin - 'Assinoi' - Barbera - Piemonte, IT - 2020 - 3000ml
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Request a Case OrderViticulture: Organic / Biodynamic
Soil type: chalk/clay
Elevation: 350m - 400m
Grapes: Barbera planted in 1970, 1981 & 1984
Method of fermentation: Manual harvesting with baskets. Asinoi is made with soft pressing, controlled fermentation and average maceration, wine is pumped over circa 3 times a day, wine becomes steady naturally during ageing. Short ageing in concrete tanks.
Biodynamically farmed, certified-organic, low sulfur Barbera. Famiglia Carussin (an eclectic, extended, character-filled clan) use 15-35 year old vines planted on the high hills of San Marzano Oliveto to grow fruit with a wildly spicy red berry fingerprint. Asinoi is tannin free, chillable, and likely to be all gone before the real heat of grilling season arrives, so hurry up and order yours. — JM
Who: Bruna Ferro and her sons Matteo and Luca
Where: San Marzano Oliveto, south of Asti, north of Canelli (Piemonte, Italy)
What grapes: Barbera, Carica l’Asino, Cortese, Moscato
Key facts: Certified-organic, with biodynamic tendencies. They make beer. They have donkeys.
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