2018 Birichino, Pétulant Naturel, Malvasia Bianca, Monterey, California, USA

2018 Birichino, Pétulant Naturel, Malvasia Bianca, Monterey, California, USA

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2018 Birichino, Pétulant Naturel, Malvasia Bianca, Monterey, California, USA

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Description

Fruit-driven and fun, this is a lip-smacking, new wave alternative to traditional method sparkling. Expect floral aromatics, crisp orchard fruit and hints of dough. Pétillant naturel wines are bottled partway through fermentation. The remaining sugar is converted by yeast into alcohol and carbon dioxide, which is trapped in the bottle; this produces a gently sparkling and lightly cloudy wine. Serve as an aperitif, well chilled – gently turn the bottle upside down for 20 seconds first to resuspend the lees.

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Jancis Robinson MW16/20
Pet-nat. Cloudy, low-key nose but lots of fun. For some reason it shoots me aromatically in to an Irish drinking hole where I would happily lap it up. An afternoon wine somehow. Not for drinking with food.
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About this WINE

Birichino

Birichino

Birichino, pronounced biri-kino, is a very interesting project.  Founded in Santa Cruz in 2008, and drawing on a combined 35 years making and selling wine in California, France, and Italy, owners and winemakers Alex Krause and John Locke are focused on attaining the perfect balance of perfume, poise, and puckishness with a particular fondness for varieties that provide enormous pleasure and re-ëstablish a direct connection to the sensual world (at least, that’s what they say).

John worked from 1990 to 2007 with the legendary Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard, with (the equally legendary) André Ostertag of Domaine Ostertag in Alsace in 1993, and with a host of small producers across Italy and south-western France.  Alex started in 1992 with Randall, worked with John in the cellar, and then escaped to the sales side in the later 90's to eventually serve today as Director of Export Sales for Bonny Doon Vineyard. 

Their Grenache is from a vineyard planted in 1910, with vines on their own roots.   Made with natural yeast fermentation, a bit of whole cluster, and no fining or filtration, from 100 year old vines.

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Malvasia (Malmsey)

Malvasia (Malmsey)

Malvasia is a catch-all for a family of ancient Mediterranean grapes known as Malvasia, Malvoisie or Malmsey; their origins lie in Asia Minor and their relevance in decline.

Malvasia is responsible for producing a range of wines styles and colours; red and white, dry, sweet and sparkling. Perhaps better known for its ameliorative effect on Tuscan Vin Santo, providing honeyed smoky fruit intensity, while in Portugal& Madeira it reveals itself as Boal (Malvasia Fina) & Malmsey (Malvasia Candida) in the production of fortified wines.

Massimo Romeo is  a source of top-class Vin Santo di Montepulciano, while Barbeito is famed for its Malmsey Madeira.

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