Birichino Petillant Malvasia Bianca 2023 Can

This is quite the fun canned wine project from Birichino. The nose opens with orange flesh, grapefruit zests, florals and apple cider. The palate is light with a delicate sparkle to the proceedings with florals, orange flesh, grapefruit zest, orange blossoms, and apple notes to finish. - D&M TASTING NOTES

PRODUCER NOTES:

OVERVIEW: “Pétulant naturel is Birichino's querulous answer as to how to produce a complex and delicious wine from simple methods. Without relying on the homogenizing practices of disgorgement, dosage, or luxe marketing budgets, our low-fi traditional méthode instead imbues each can with its own slightly different character - an echo writ small of the nuanced variety of expression we wecome from one vintage to the next.”

VINEYARD: "Ffrom a vineyard planted just shy of 4 decades ago up against the Santa Lucias of the Salinas Valley in sandy quartz soils atop Monterey shale on a bench 200m above the ocean (yet within reach of the cooling afternoon fog of Monterey Bay,) 

PRODUCTION: “100% Malvasia Bianca with just a touch of malvasia juice that was added while it was actively fermenting.We harvested in the middle of the night, and waited ‘til lunch the following day to press. It was canned as it finished fermentation, allowing the fine lees to contribute richness and length. Unfiltered.”

TASTING: "Subtly refreshing, soft, and fragrant with snappy floral flashes of frangipani, honeysuckle and nectarine blossom. Snap some up, chill, and chill.”