Freisa d'Asti
Freisa d'Asti is an Italian red wine from the Asti province in the Piedmont region . The wine has had a "controlled designation of origin " ( Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC) since 1972 , which was last updated on March 7, 2014.
Cultivation
The red wine is grown throughout the province of Asti, with the exception of the communes of Cellarego and Villanova d'Asti .
Approved vineyards are located in the 118 municipalities:
Agliano Terme , Albugnano , Antignano , Aramengo , Asti , Azzano d'Asti , Baldichieri d'Asti , Belveglio , Berzano di San Pietro , Bruno , Bubbio , Buttigliera d'Asti , Calamandrana , Calliano , Calosso , Camerano Casasco , Canelli , Cantarana , Capriglio , Casorzo , Cassinasco , Castagnole Monferrato , Castagnole delle Lanze , Castel Boglione , Castel Rocchero , Castell'Alfero , Castellero , Castelletto Molina , Castello di Annone , Castelnuovo Belbo , Castelnuovo Calcea , Castelnuovo Don Bosco , Cellarengo , Celleeto domondo , Cerreto ' Asti , Cerro Tanaro , Cessole , Chiusano d'Asti , Cinaglio , Cisterna d'Asti , Coazzolo , Cocconato , Corsione , Cortandone , Cortanze , Cortazzone , Cortiglione , Cossombrato , Costigliole d'Asti , Cunico , Dusino San Michele , Ferrere , Fontanile , Frinco , Grana , Grazzano Badoglio , Incisa Scapaccino , Isola d'Asti , Loazzolo , Maranzana , Maretto , Moasca , Mombaldone , Mombaruzzo , Mombercelli , Monale , Monastero Bormida , Moncalvo , Moncucco Tor inese , Mongardino , Montabone , Montafia , Montaldo Scarampi , Montechiaro d'Asti , Montegrosso d'Asti , Montemagno , Montiglio Monferrato , Moransengo , Nizza Monferrato , Olmo Gentile , Passerano Marmorito , Penango , Piea , Pino d'Asti , Piovà Massaia , Portacomaro , Quaranti , Refrancore , Revigliasco d'Asti , Roatto , Robella , Rocca d'Arazzo , Roccaverano , Rocchetta Palafea , Rocchetta Tanaro , San Damiano d'Asti , San Giorgio Scarampi , San Martino Alfieri , San Marzano Oliveto , San Paolo Solbrito , Scurzolengo , Serole , Sessame , Settime , Soglio , Tigliole , Tonco , Tonengo , Vaglio Serra , Valfenera , Vesime , Viale , Viarigi , Vigliano d'Asti , Villa San Secondo , Villafranca d'Asti and Vinchio .
In 2016, 9,641 hectoliters of DOC wine were produced from 173 hectares. The wine is aged for 6 months to a year at the winemaker and can still age for about 2 years at the buyer.
generation
It is made from 100% Freisa grape variety . Mostly red wines are as sparkling wine in the directions Frizzante or Spumante expanded, where even a slight residual sugar remains. In order to be allowed to use the designation Superiore , the wine must have matured by the producer by November 1st of the year following the harvest.
description
According to the denomination (excerpt):
Freisa d'Asti
- Color : garnet red to cherry red, with aging tendency to orange
- Smell : characteristically delicate with hints of raspberries and roses
- Taste : sweet, fresh, with a distinct raspberry aroma
- Alcohol content : at least 11 % by volume
- Total acidity : at least 5.5 g / l
- Dry extract content : at least 19 g / l
Freisa d'Asti Superiore
- Color : garnet red to cherry red, with aging tendency to orange
- Smell : characteristically delicate with hints of raspberries
- Taste : sweet, fresh, with a distinct raspberry aroma
- Alcohol content : at least 11.5 % by volume
- Total acidity : at least 5.5 g / l
- Dry extract content : at least 20 g / l
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Disciplinare di Produzione (production regulations and description). (PDF) wineacts.it, accessed on July 21, 2020 (Italian, I vini italiani a Dop ea Igp ).
- ↑ Map and list of growing areas on federdoc.com
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
- Burton Anderson: Italy's Wines 2004/05 . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7742-6365-5 .
- Valeria Camaschella (Ed.): Lexicon of Italian Wines - All DOCG & DOC wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0756-9 , p. 42 .