# Marì Rosato Frizzante (2022)

- **Producer:** Azienda Agricola Montepascolo
- **Colour:** rosé
- **Type:** sparkling
- **Grapes:** Barbera
- **Region:** Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 12.5%
- **Average price:** €20
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 8–10 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** cherry, strawberry, lemon, grapefruit, bread, biscuit

## About this wine

Azienda Agricola Montepascolo was founded in 2020 by Andrea Bruschi and Paola Degli Antoni in Castell'Arquato, located within the Piacenza Natural Reserve in Emilia-Romagna. Operating under the ethos 'Tornare alle Origini' (Let's go back to the roots), the estate prioritizes living soils and hand cultivation on warm clay-loam terrain. The 2022 vintage marks an important milestone for the winery, representing their formal initiation into certified biodynamic farming methods.

## Interesting facts

- Instead of adding sugar, unfermented grape must frozen at harvest is thawed in spring to trigger natural bottle re-fermentation.
- The 2022 vintage marked Montepascolo's formal initiation into certified biodynamic viticulture.
- Located within a protected nature reserve in Castell'Arquato, the vineyards feature 40-year-old vines.

## Food pairing

High natural acidity and lively effervescence cut effortlessly through rich fats and saltiness in traditional Emilian cured meats and fried appetizers, refreshing the palate while highlighting subtle seafood flavors.

## Wine making process

Made using 100% Barbera grapes harvested by hand in mid-August. The grapes undergo gentle pressing for white/rosé vinification before spontaneous primary fermentation begins with native yeasts in concrete tanks. Rather than adding commercial yeast or sugar, a portion of the unfermented must is frozen right at harvest and reintroduced to the tank-aged base wine in late spring, triggering a natural secondary fermentation in the bottle. The wine remains unfiltered, unfined, and made with minimal added sulfites.