Sfera Macerato (1-Liter)

Sfera Macerato (1-Liter)

REGION: Puglia

GROWING AREA: Acquaviva delle Fonti

FARMING: Certified-organic by ICEA # PB2097

SOILS: clayey silt

VARIETIES: Verdeca (100%)

YEASTS: Native

FERMENTATION: 20 days on the skins in stainless steel. No clarification or filtration

SULPHUR: 30 mg/L total added at the end of the fermentation and 30 mg/L at bottling

ALCOHOL: 12%

ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 1,000 cases

Sfera’s at once terroir-driven, but also an interesting take on liters, and bottling wine in general.

Sfera collaborates with multiple small certified-organic farmers to bottle liters in limited runs, and are keen to give the producer credit by clearly putting the winery’s name and providence on the back label.

This all means that the producers change, but front labels don’t. Another constant is that the wines are naturally made, and fall into certain guidelines that are lab tested before and after bottling. It’s a win-win, small certified organic producers get to do a fun liter project, and we get to explore Italy.

These are great introduction to natural wines, grape varieties, and growing areas.