Cascina Lieto, Litmo Italy Red 2022

Cascina Lieto Bianco Lieto is crafted by Japanese vintners Rie and Hiroto Sasaki in Castiglione Tinella, Piedmont. The winemaking follows natural methods with spontaneous fermentation in fiberglass and plastic vessels without temperature control, followed by aging in fiberglass barrels. The wine undergoes minimum two years of bottle aging before release.

Barbera harvested on 29th September is de-stemmed, then crushed and begins fermenting in fibreglass where it remains on the skins until October 24th. Grapes are then pressed and the wine is left to settle before racking about a week later. Once racked the wines moved to old barrels to age for 12 months. Bottled without filtration and aged for another whole year before release.