Vespa Bianco 2021

Description

A still white wine from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 13.5% ABV, produced by Bastianich. Blend: 45% Chardonnay, 45% Sauvignon, 10% Picolit, 2021 vintage. Vespa Bianco is the winery's flagship wine, created in 1997 to convey a strong and clear winemaking message: Friulian white wines, at their finest, are in no way inferior to other leading names on the international white wine scene, both in terms of quality and longevity. It is precisely this longevity that has made Vespa Bianco its strength and built its splendid future, still giving us quality expressions that truly make us dream. On the nose, notes of wax, apricots in alcohol, broom, and honey give the wine an immediate fresh yet structured impact. Its incredible minerality elevates it vertically and gives it extraordinary freshness. Shades of yellow and gold with ancient reflections, very bright and extraordinarily clean. On the palate, all the complexity, enveloping, silky smoothness, and structure of the wine unfold with incredible finesse and elegance, giving rise to sensations of caressing voluptuousness.

Details

Perfume

On the nose hints of beeswax, apricots, and honey give the wine an immediate, fresh, though structured impact.

Color

Nuances of both yellow and antique gold hues, with extraordinary brightness and clari ty.

Taste

On the palate, all the wine's complexity, envelopment, silkiness and structure expand with incredible finesse and elegance, creating sensations of caressing voluptuousness. It is a unique wine when aged for several years, for example, for more than ten yers.

Serve at:

12 - 14 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Producer

Producer

Bastianich

From this winery

• Start up year: 1997
• Oenologist: Emilio del Medico
• Bottles produced: 220.000
• Hectares: 27

The deep connection the Bastianich family has with the wine world takes us back decades and generations. In fact, it dates back to the encounters with the most important winemaking families in the 1970s and 1980s and the promotion of the best Friulian wines on the menus of the Family's various restaurants in the United States. It was this passion for wine, combined with the desire to rediscover and rediscover their origins, that led the Bastianich family, in 1997, to plant the first vineyards in Cividale del Friuli, in one of Italy's most vocated areas for the production of white wines. Read more

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Technical Sheet

Name	Bastianich Vespa Bianco 2021
Type	White still
Denomination	Venezia Giulia IGT
Vintage	2021
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.5% by volume
Grape varieties	45% Chardonnay, 45% Sauvignon, 10% Picolit
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Vendor	Bastianich
Story	The flagship of Bastianich company, the Vespa Bianco, was created to highlight the power and evolution a great Friulian white can achieve. The Vespa manages to transcend the sum of its parts, confirming a wine of outstanding complexity and longevity.
Origin	Hills of Premariacco and Cividale (Udine).
Climate	Altitude: 130 60 m a.s.l. Exposure: South, South-East, South-West.
Soil composition	Eocene marl, limestone-based.
Plants per hectare	4,000-8,000
Yield per hectare	6,000-7,000 kg/hectare
Harvest	Depending on the variety, from the first decade of September to the second decade of October.
Wine making	Each grape variety is harvested separately when it has reached optimum ripeness. The grapes are sorted on sorting benches before gently pressing, resulting in a first must and press must. Subsequently, the two batches of must are blended to start alcoholic fermentation. The varieties that make up Vespa Bianco ferment separately, about 50% in temperature-controlled stainless steel and the remaining 50% in 5 and 40-hectolitre oak casks.
Aging	After fermentation, retaining most of the yeasts, a long period of 'batonnage' and subsequent bottling begins. Bottle ageing completes the wine before it is marketed.
Allergens	Contains sulphites