FODDRE 2019 IS THAT PINCH OF MADNESS WE NEED

That pinch of Sicilian madness that is Foddre 2019 is coming to your tables! The name that Fabio has chosen to give to this wine says it all: “Foddre è…!” literally from the Sicilian language means “it is crazy, mad, crazy!” Foddre is at its second release: last year it was very popular and sold out very quickly.
Madness in this case means being over the top, unconventional, outside the box: bubbles made from 100% Catarratto grapes, with no added sulphites.

Foddre 2019 is a white table wine, a sparkling wine that does not follow the rules of modern oenology. It is inspired by the ancestral method that Sicilian farmers knew: the wine is bottled when fermentation is almost complete. This means that there is still some residual sugar left in the wine, which will finish transforming into alcohol directly in the bottle, where fermentation will end.

HOW WAS THE 2019 VINTAGE FOR FODDRE

As a year, 2019 was decidedly different from the previous one. In Marsala we had a rainy and cold May that hindered fruit setting, a very important phase for the plant, when the flowers transform into fruit. For this reason we had slightly more sparse bunches.

Production was therefore reduced by about 30% compared to the previous year, but it was qualitatively better. The position of the vineyards allows us to benefit from the positive effect of the winds, which help dry the grapes, removing the risks of excessive humidity in the vineyard.
All in all, in terms of quality, 2019 was an excellent vintage, in which we were also able to reduce the treatments in the vineyard with copper and sulfur.

The Catarratto del Foddre harvest marked the beginning of the 2019 harvest. 2019 was undoubtedly a warmer year than 2018, so Fabio decided to bring forward the harvest. In this way he managed to maintain good acidity and the same alcohol content (12% Vol.) in the wine.

FODDRE 2019 IN THE CELLAR

Everything started well: healthy grapes, picked at the right time . As you know, Ferracane wines are all spontaneously fermented. So it can happen that at 2/3 the fermentation stops, as happened this year with Foddre.
Fabio noticed it right away: he did a pumping over to aerate the mass and put the wine in another tank. The fermentation slowly started again without further complications. At the end of October the Foddre was bottled, to finish its fermentation directly in the bottle.

The Foddre 2019 is ready and you can taste it, along with the other wines, at one of the upcoming fairs, in which Fabio will participate: “Brutale” (April, Cesena), Natural born wines (April, Isola della scala), Natural wine Oltrepò (Maggio, Fortunago). We are waiting for you!!