Lambrusco di Sorbara

Lambrusco is Italy’s answer to a red sparkling wine. It is also the name of a family of grapes which means “wild grape” in Italian, native to Italy’s Emilia-Romagna DOC region in Central Italy. They range in color, style, sweetness levels and sparkle (Frizzante to Spumante). They are an ideal food partner thanks to it’s higher acidity profile. Today’s wine is the lighter style, Lambrusco di Sorbara which is typically pale pink color, lighter body, low alcohol, high acid.

Cleto Chiarli Vecchia Modena Premium 2017

Lambrusco di Sorbara Secco

Modena DOC,Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Cleto Chiarili winemaking dates back to the 1860s in Emilia Romagna, Italy. “The bottle and label are reproductions of an 1892 bottle—, the oldest existing bottle containing Lambrusco, —that is still treasured in the Chiarli archives today.” The wine is made through a single fermentation under pressure, rather than the normal two-fermentation process of almost all other sparkling wines. This is in the brut range, with minimal detectable sweetness.

Pours into the glass a gorgeous magenta pink color

Swirl and just crushed red berry aromas along with violets and earth.

Sip and the fresh raspberry, strawberry, tangerine, orange blossom, violets, cherry, watermelon, a brut wine that is lightly sparkling frizzante style is so refreshing and thirst quenching with it’s tangy acidity. At 11%abv it is so fun on it’s own poolside.

Classics are Prosciutto di Parma and Parmigiano-Reggiano, Fresh Tortellini with Olive Oil and Parmesan or Argentinian Beef Empanadas