{"product_id":"vespri-pet-nat-vespaiola-veneto-italy-natural-wine","title":"Vespri Vespaiola Pét-Nat 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eIl Ceo Vespri is a pét-nat made from 100% Vespaiola, the indigenous white grape of the Breganze hills in the Vicenza province of Veneto. The vineyards sit on volcanic basalt soils with iron and silica at 250–350 meters above sea level across the communes of Breganze, Sarcedo, and Mason Vicentino. Vines average 16 years old and are farmed biodynamically — no synthetic inputs, with Demeter-style 500 and 501 preparations and cover crops — though the estate holds no formal certification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrapes are hand-harvested and destemmed, then fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in stainless steel and epoxy tanks with no temperature control. The wine is bottled before fermentation is complete, so the second fermentation finishes in-bottle — the traditional méthode ancestrale, or rifermentazione in bottiglia. The result is sealed under crown cap, with no fining, no filtration, and nothing added at any stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVespaiola is a high-acid variety historically grown around Breganze, where it is best known as the basis for the sweet passito wine Torcolato. When vinified dry and sparkling, as Davide Andreatta does here, the grape's intense natural acidity and delicate floral character come to the foreground without the weight of sugar. The name Vespaiola itself derives from the Italian word for wasp — a reference to the insects drawn to the grape's high sugar content at harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wine is hazy from the in-bottle refermentation and will show some lees sediment. The mousse is gentle and the finish is persistently mineral, consistent with the volcanic basalt terroir of the Breganze pre-Alpine foothills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Ceo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14611236913207,"sku":"ILCEVESP20C","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/vespri-pet-nat-vespaiola-veneto-italy-natural-wine.jpg?v=1780686914","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/vespri-pet-nat-vespaiola-veneto-italy-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}