Koi Illusione Frizzante 2018
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| Management number | 253563042 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$10.00 | Model Number | 253563042 | ||
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Illusione is made from 100% Trebbiano Modenese, a white variety native to the hills around Modena that does not exist outside of this appellation. The grapes come from vines approximately 60 years old, growing in clay-dominant soils in the foothills between the Modenese and Bolognese hills. The vines are trained in the traditional Bellussi system, an old regional trellis method that raises the canopy to around 6.5 feet — a technique suited to the humidity of the Po plain and now nearly extinct because it cannot be mechanized.
Winemaking follows the ancestral method, known locally as rifermentato in bottiglia. Whole clusters are direct-pressed at harvest in mid-September. About 10% of the must is collected and kept frozen. The remaining 90% ferments dry with indigenous yeasts at 18-20°C. In spring, the frozen must is added back to the wine as a natural liqueur de tirage and the blend is bottled. Secondary fermentation takes place in bottle, the wine is never disgorged, and zero sulfur dioxide is added at any stage. No fining or filtration.
The result is cloudy, with fine persistent bubbles, pale gold in color, and a yeasty, brioche-like nose layered with citrus zest, white flower, and bruised apple. The palate is dry, textured, and driven by the variety's naturally high acidity, with a mineral, slightly bitter finish characteristic of Trebbiano Modenese. The wine gains complexity with bottle age, developing notes closer to aged Champagne over time.
Illusione is classified as Emilia Bianco IGP Spumante. It is certified organic and produced by Azienda Agricola Koi di Flavio Restani, based in Valsamoggia, in the metropolitan area of Bologna.
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