Claudio Mariotto Colli Tortonesi DOC Freisa 'Braghé' 2022 Terret Rouge

Claudio Mariotto Colli Tortonesi DOC Freisa 'Braghé' 2022 Terret RougeIf you could bottle an autumnal woodland stroll when the bramble fruits are in full ripeness and the moisture rises up from the undergrowth, bringing with it scents of wet leaves, mushrooms and earth, well you'd get pretty close to this Freisa from Claudio Mariotto. Sociovino Claudio Mariotto is the third generation of a family of farmers from Tortona, in the province of Alexandria less than an hour east of Asti. You know Mariotto as a Timorasso

Nostradamus is firmly one of the world's greats

The 2020 Sengialta is fabulously complex and a lesson in texture

the 2022 opens beautifully in the glass

Ice buckets ahoy

bold lemon citrus flavours sit alongside attractive notes of saffron

As an incredible

adding weight and building to a medium

Only 400 bottles are produced using the bain marie method of distillation - the slowest

Raspberry strap

Lively and clean

refreshing in its acidity

Syrah and Grenache made in the divine style of Domaine Sérol