Producer
Bassi
Bassi is the brand connected to Azienda Agricola Bassi Luigi of Calderara di Reno (Bologna). In addition to wine production, the company markets a single-variety grappa obtained from Pignoletto pomace (e.g. Grappa Bassi Pignoletto 50cl, 38% vol.). Technical data available from retailers indicate discontinuous pot still distillation and cold filtration.
- Calderara di Reno · Emilia-Romagna · Italy
- 1 product
The story
Azienda Bassi Luigi is a family-run agricultural and wine-growing business in the Calderara di Reno (BO) area. The company website reports a winemaking tradition handed down through farm diaries and generations of the Bassi family; production focuses on typical wines of Emilia and on a grappa linked to local varieties.
Production philosophy
Enhancing the Emilia territory and local grapes (including Pignoletto), with attention to the property's winemaking tradition and to expressing the terroir in both wines and the distillate made from their pomace.
Territory
Emilia-Romagna, area of the Colli Bolognesi; company headquarters in Calderara di Reno (province of Bologna).
Production method
Distillation of Pignoletto pomace; according to commercial product sheets: discontinuous pot still (batch still), 1–2 distillations, cold filtration. Product presented as colorless.
Distillation
Discontinuous pot still (batch still); 1–2 distillations; cold filtration.
Characteristics
- Type
- Producer
- City
- Calderara di Reno
- Categories
- grappa
- Grappa from a single grape variety
- grappa from Pignoletto
- winery / wine producer with a distillate label
- Raw materials
- Pignoletto pomace
- Representative products
- Grappa Bassi Pignoletto 50cl
- Grappa di Pignoletto e Montuni (0,50 L)
What makes it distinctive
- Producer associated with Azienda Agricola Bassi Luigi (Calderara di Reno, BO).
- Single-variety grappa from Pignoletto pomace, presented at 38% vol. (50 cl format).
- Commercial product sheet available from specialized retailers.