Spumante Brut Passerina di Casale della Ioria is produced with grapes from thirty-year-old Passerina plants, a grape relative to the native Trebbiano of central Italy, whose presence is widespread especially in Frosinone, Marche and Abruzzo. The 2 hectares of vineyards are located at about 300 metres above sea level, on sub-acid clay soils. The grapes are harvested in September; the vinification is carried out in steel and the second fermentation with the second fermentation carried out in a tank with indigenous yeasts and lasts about 10 months (long Martinotti method).

SPUMANTE BRUT PASSERINA CASALE DELLA IORIO: TASTING

The Spumante Brut Passerina of Casale della Ioria is pale gold with a dense and fine perlage; on the nose, scents of apple, with citrus notes of mandarin and beautiful references to thyme and sage. On the palate, it is pleasantly balanced between acidity and residual sugar. Excellent aperitif, it can happily accompany vegetable and fish-based dishes, such as a cream of cauliflower with seared shrimp or zucchini alla scapece with creamed cod.