2022 Cascina Lieto 'Crochet' Rosso Frizzante, Piedmont, Italy Ronsel do Sil I visited Michael Schmelzer (last

I visited Michael Schmelzer (last international trip in the before-times) and he was excited about the site: higher in elevation then his immediate estate and with vines going back to the 1930s

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2022 Cascina Lieto 'Crochet' Rosso Frizzante, Piedmont, Italy Ronsel do Sil I visited Michael Schmelzer (lastA tiny, natural sparkler from Hiroto & Rie Sasakis micro estate in Castiglione Tinella, Croch is a Barbera and Freisabased red grown on clay limestone loess hills and bottled with a gentle, natural re fermentation for fine bubbles. Hand harvested fruit sees a short skin maceration and spontaneous ferment in stainless steel; levage stays in tank with minimal sulfur before tirage and bottling.