Our wines are vinified with indigenous yeasts. We cold-stabilized them over the winter months. We do not practice clarifications and if not strictly necessary we do not filter them.
I'm a furious little bee. I like to change color. I like to change size. - Alda Merini
Ape Furibonda is our red wine. The name reflects the restless personality of both the grape it is made of and our urban cellarwoman.
This wine comes from the vinification in purity of a historic grape variety from Piedmont, which in the face of a noble and prestigious origin suffered from a progressive devaluation (also due to the rebellious and hardly tameable character of this grape) thus being relegated among the minor varieties. It is perhaps the most eclectic of the Piedmontese vines: until recently the best known version was the lively one which, in our opinion, does not fully do justice to a grape with a great aging potential.
However, our idea is that of a wine to be taken seriously, able to combine pulp and tannin, structure and acidity. Maceration lasts as long as needed, usually about two weeks. The wine then ages for a long time in wood in order to shape the varietal exuberance and soften the tannins.
Starting from the 2019 harvest, our goal was to preserve the acidity, which is why we slightly anticipated the time of harvesting. The maceration lasted about 2 weeks, the wine was then aged for over 1 year and a half in second passage tonneau, medium heart toasting, where it spontaneously conducted the malolactic fermentation.
The Ape Furibonda 2019 is a wine with a beautiful intense ruby red color, which combines the fragrance and fullness of the fruit with a good body and a very pleasant drinkability. The nose offers hints of red fruits, floral notes and spicy references.
2018 was obtained from a grape harvested with a very important ripening, on the verge of withering. For this reason the maceration lasted only a week, long enough to extract the desired color and tannin and to preserve as much as possible the fresher scents of the fruit. The wine was then aged in 2 first and second passage barriques and subsequently assembled.
It is a wine with an enveloping sip, ample bouquet and pleasant drinkability.
Since we have chosen not to join any disciplinary to maintain freedom to make wine according to our personal style, we are not allowed to indicate the grapes with which our "generic" wines are made, neither on the label nor on the site. Hence do not hesitate to contact us for info about it!
