Giovanni Mesina Trebbiozzo Pet Nat 2019

Trebbiozzo is 100% Trebbiano Toscano grown on the clay and stone hillsides of Pianello, a small hamlet north-east of Perugia at around 300 meters elevation. The farm belongs to Giovanni Battista Mesina, a third-generation Sardinian shepherd whose family relocated to central Umbria in the 1960s. The vineyards share the hillside with olive trees and sheep pasture, farmed without synthetic inputs.

The wine is made by méthode ancestrale: grapes ferment spontaneously in an open-top resin tank, then the partially fermented wine rests in fiberglass through the winter. In February it is bottled with a dose of frozen must from the same harvest, triggering a natural secondary fermentation in the bottle. The wine is never fined, never filtered, and no sulfites are added at any stage.

The result is a lightly cloudy, gently fizzy white with brisk acidity and very low residual sugar. Trebbiano's natural character comes through cleanly: green apple, lemon peel, white peach, and a saline mineral thread that runs through the palate. The bubbles are soft rather than aggressive, more prickle than pressure.

Classified as Umbria IGT. Suitable for vegans.