Fruit
Earth
Acid
Body
Funk
Producer notes from The Living Vine:
"Federico Orsi was born in Italy, but grew up in Brazil. He returned to Italy as a young adult to study business. While moonlighting at a restaurant and preparing for corporate life, he noticed an "for sale" ad for a vineyard nearby. In jest, he suggested to his family that they purchase it together. To his surprise, they were enthusiastic about the idea and purchased the property San Vito.
San Vito has been producing wine for 50+ years. In 2005, Federico Orsi and his wife Carola (along with Federico's family) bought the property and began to convert it to biodynamics to produce wines that are more representative and reminiscent of the region's terroir.
Federico, with no formal winemaking experience, began to intern with local farmers and wine growers and was immediately inspired by their love of and regard for the land."
About the cuvee:
Posca Bianca is a "vino perpetuo," or a solera style wine with around 10% of young wine added each vintage to an ongoing blend of back vintages. Each year's wine is made of the varieties Pignoletto, Alionza, Albana and Malvasia, fermented in a mix of neutral oak, concrete, stainless steel and amphora. They are then added to the large, concrete vat which holds the solera wine.
Country
Italy
Sub-Region
Emilia Romagna
Region
Emilia Romagna
Varieties
Pignoletto, Albana, Alionza, Malvasia
Farming
Biodynamic
Winemaking
Brief skin maceration, fermentation by native yeasts occurs in neutral oak, amphora, concrete and stainless steel tanks. Current vintage wine is added to a perpetual reserve kept in a large concrete tank.