'RiFol' Ezio Cerruti

The "Rifol" by Cerruti is a white bottle-fermented wine born from the creativity and willingness to experiment of Ezio, a winemaker by passion who comes from entirely different studies. He could be described as a wine philosopher with very clear and precise ideas about the practical process to implement in his vineyards. Married to Moscato, the principal grape variety in the Castiglione Tinella area, in the province of Cuneo, he is a courteous and gentle man who spends a lot of time among the rows to ensure that the cycles proceed correctly, with uncommon sensitivity and technical skills.

The Cerruti "Rifol" is made from white grapes. The vineyards are located at an altitude of 400 meters on clayey marl soils. Ezio Cerruti's curiosity led him to "play" with his Fol, the dry white, by doing a second bottle fermentation following the addition of must after 7 months of aging in cement tanks. As if to say, a second madness, from which the name derives. Ezio is a proponent ofthe studied simplicity of small things: his vines must grow strong in a healthy environment with minimal intervention, only those necessary. He uses green manure and dung as fertilizing methods, while treatments are exclusively with copper and sulfur.

If it is said that wine resembles the producer, Ezio Cerruti's "Rifol" immediately recalls the cordial smile and friendliness of this winemaker. It is an invitation to conviviality starting with its crown cap, which removes any form of ceremonious setup and goes straight to people's hearts. On the nose, one appreciates the aromatic breadth, from peach to citrus, passing through white flowers and captivating herbal notes. It is a fresh and agile semi-sparkling wine, reminiscent of a poem by Franco Arminio that reads "today being revolutionary means removing more than adding, slowing down more than speeding up, it means valuing silence, light, fragility, sweetness."