Cascinetta Vietti - Langhe Freisa Vivace 2018 (750ml)
Price: $28.99
| Producer | Cascinetta Vietti |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Varietal | Freisa |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 66614 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Cascinetta Vietti Description
Freisa is a little-seen grape variety typical of southern Piedmont, and Vietti’s Langhe Freisa Vivace is definitely not a run-of-the-mill red wine. After a relatively normal initial fermentation, Vietti adds some unfermented juice that was held back after crushing to the finished wine, then bottles the mixture. The sugar in the juice begins a new fermentation in the bottle, although there is variation between bottles, so the resulting sweetness-effervescence balance is not always the same. This is somewhat similar to sparkling wine production, but the amount of sugar involved is much less, so the final wine is just a bit fizzy (vivace, lively)—and, of course, red.
