Noelia Ricci -'Bro', Trebbiano, Emilia Romagna, Italy (2024)

TASTING NOTES

Fresh and spicy, Granny Smith apple and savoury herb, fresh cut grass and crushed stone. Soft textures and a mix of juicy acids, saline-minerals and ripe orchard fruits.

From organically farmed Trebbiano planted on yellow clay and limestone soils. Hand harvested the first week of September, the grapes undergo spontaneous fermentation in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks with a small amount of skins to add texture. The wine then matures for 6 months on lees in the tanks and an additional 4 months in bottle prior to release.

In 2010, Marco Cirese, grandson of Noelia Ricci, began working on a project to create a winery-within-a-winery. He identified the best 7 hectares of parent-winery, Pandolfa. These vineyards are located at a higher elevation (250m) with calcium-clay rich soils. 

Noelia Ricci is a small ‘cru’. The vineyards are environmentally managed with full organic conversion being completed in 2021. Just 3 wines are produced.