Vini di Giovanni - Chiaretto Rosso 2022
Vini di Giovanni - Chiaretto Rosso 2022
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Bright, fresh, and spicy, with delicate aromatic notes of ripe red berries, cherry, and plum, red florals, herbs, and spices. The palate is dry and medium in body. Bright fruit notes of raspberry, red cherry, red plum, red currants, a hint of dark and black fruit, dried herbs and spices, a touch of florals, and a delicious fruity finish.
Producer Grapes |
Vini di Giovanni Vernaccia Rossa (90%) + Ciliegiolo (10%) |
Country Region |
Italy Colli Perugini /Umbria |
The Fruit Viticulture |
Estate Organic |
Additions |
Minimal |
Weight |
Light Bodied |
NERD NOTES
90% Vernaccia Rossa with 10% Ciliegiolo
Spontaneous fermentation in open steel & cement tanks, with a short maceration on skins.
Aged in glass demijohns.
No clarification, filtration, or additions.
ABOUT VINI DI GIOVANNI
Wines by Giovanni Battista Mesina
Giovanni is “Il pastore che fa il vino”, a third-generation shepherd who not only is “the shepherd who makes wine” but also delicious cheese and olive oil from ancient Umbrian trees protected by Unesco.
Originally from the Barbagia, the Mountain region of Sardinia, he moved to Umbria as a young child where he grew up and married Cosetta. Several years ago planted 3 hectares of grapes to make all indigenous varietals other than staying true to his roots and also planting Vermentino to make his first and cult natural wine the “Vermentuzzo”.
The sheep, trees and grapes are all farmed on organic soil in the elevated, rugged and mountainous central wine region of Umbria, Pianello.
At 300 metres above sea level, the organic soil is a mixture of marl coming from an ancient salt lake and limestone rock. Giovanni’s approach to winemaking is very ‘hands off’ and allows wild yeasts to ferment the wines, while using stainless tanks to preserve the purity of these wines. All wines are unfiltered and unfined with zero sulphites added even down to the labels that are made from the grass in winery, as Giovanni says “to capture the magical expression of the fruit and the earth”.