Astoria, Fervo Refrontolo Marzemino Passito - 50cl, 2022
Astoria, Fervo Refrontolo Marzemino Passito - 50cl, 2022
- Red Still
- 50.0cl
- 13.5%
- Marzemino
This is a sweet, velvety desert wine from Refrontolo in Italy's Veneto. Made from pure marzemino grapes it has good body with plenty of ripe blackberry and loganberry fruit flavours together with hints of cherries and a dark, chocolate finish. It works well with berry fruit puddings such as summer pudding or even with chocolate deserts, the darker and fuller the better. It has plenty of sweetness and good balancing acidity.
The grapes are picked by hand when they are slightly over-ripe to capture as much natural sugar as possible. They are then dried on straw mats at the winery to concentrate both sugars and acidity. Before fermentation the grapes enjoy a period of "soaking" at low temperature for 2 or 3 days to extract colour and fragrance from the skins then before fermentation is finished, the process is blocked to achieve a high level of residual sugar (120 grams per litre) Only around 1.5 kilos of grapes are produced by every vine and this quantity is further reduced by around 30% after drying.
- ❖ ABV: 13.5%
Grapes
Marzemino
Vintage report
The 2022 vintage in Veneto started with a deceptively mild winter, followed by a spring that threw curveballs at every turn. Early budbreak looked promising until late frosts in April caught some vineyards off guard, particularly in the hillier zones around Soave and Valpolicella. Summer brought the real drama: scorching temperatures and prolonged drought stressed the vines something fierce, forcing growers to dig deep into their bag of tricks with strategic leaf management and whatever irrigation they could muster.
What emerged was a vintage of surprising concentration, though yields dropped considerably across the board. Garganega in Soave developed intense minerality alongside ripe stone fruit flavours, while Corvina and the Valpolicella blend gained serious structure without losing their characteristic bright acidity. The reds show more muscle than usual but retain their drinkability—think of them as the athletic cousin of a typical Veneto vintage. Most wines are drinking beautifully now, though the better Amarones will reward patience until 2028 and beyond.
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