Koi Chi Mera Frizzante 2019
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| Management number | 253563217 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$10.00 | Model Number | 253563217 | ||
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Chi Mera is a refermented field-blend frizzante from a single 40-year-old vineyard at Castello di Serravalle, in the Valsamoggia valley on the Bologna-Modena border. The vines — Pignoletto, Albana, Trebbiano Modenese, and Alionza — grow in predominantly clay soils and are trained using the traditional Bellussi system, a high-canopy method that protects buds from frost but cannot be mechanized. Harvest takes place in mid-September; grapes are picked together and whole-cluster pressed without destemming.
Winemaker Flavio Restani ferments only the free-run juice (mosto fiore) with native yeasts at 18–20°C. The wine rests on its lees through winter into spring, at which point frozen Albana must from the same harvest is added to trigger a second fermentation in the bottle — the ancestral or rifermentato method long practiced in this part of Emilia-Romagna. The wine is never disgorged, leaving visible lees sediment. No fining, no filtration, and no added sulfites.
In the glass Chi Mera shows hazy pale straw with fine, gentle bubbles. The nose is direct: lime zest, fresh herbs, a touch of white peach, and a faint nuttiness from the lees. The palate is light, dry, and high in acidity, with a chalky finish and the faintly bitter almond note characteristic of Pignoletto. Serve well chilled and open carefully — secondary sediment will be present. Once poured, drink promptly.
The wine is classified as Emilia Bianco Frizzante IGP. Koi holds certified organic status for all of its approximately 3.5 hectares of vineyards.
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