What Was The Last Sparkling Lambrusco That You Drank?

WINE TALK
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Anyone other than Roberto?

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http://www.opera02.it/home.php

http://www.chiarli.it/showPage.php?template=istituzionale&id=1

Take your pick.

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On 7/10/13:
6. Az.Agr. Sottobosco IGT: Emilia (LambruscoMontericco/Lambrusco grasparossa/Sgavetta/Malbo gentile; BioDynamic;
3240 btls; 11.5%) QuattroCastella 2008: Very dark near black color; some perfumed talc/rubber inner tube
rather fragrant/black cherry/licorice/grapey/boysenberry rathe characteristic Lambrusco nose; quite frizzante
fairly grapey/licorice/black cherry/boysenberry totally dry quite tannic/bitey/astringent flavor; long
cherry/black cherry/grapey/boysenberry very frizzante dry finish w/ very astringent/bitey/bitter tannins;
quite an attractive Lambrusco nose but punishing tannins on the palate; needs food. $35.00 (CB)

Roberto is a well-known shill for Lambrusco. However, sometimes shills actually speak the truth. Roberto does in this case.
OliverMcCrum’s Grasparosso is particularly fine.
Alas, Riunite has peed in the Lambrusco pool and the genre is underappreciated. In fact, the entire genre of fizzy/frizzante
slightly sweet Italian reds is underappreciated. With a good artisinal salami or LaQuercia speck…yum.
Tom

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I may have to seek some out just so that I can give Roberto props – or crap – if so deserved.

I’m not sure that I’ve ever tried a Lambrusco other than Riunite (many, many moons ago), but the other “alternative” sparkling wines I’ve had, including a particularly awful sparkling Shiraz, have never inspired.

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Funny - last Summer I bought a bottle of sparkling Lambrusco from Trader Joe’s for something in the neighborhood of $5 and told Lori I thought it would be a great starter for an upcoming dinner party, just to watch her squirm and try to negotiate her way out of it. It sat in the fridge for weeks and we just recently opened it to try it. It was fizzy and sweet, kind of like sparkling red pop spiked with Vodka, which is to say, not undrinkable but nothing you’d intentionally subject yourself to. I just poured out the remaining last weekend cleaning out the fridge.

This is the stuff, Le Grotte Lambrusco Rosso:

http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=370

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Lini.

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Communion line at Good Shepherd Lutheran church circa 1984. Mogen David. My parents were assistants that week and I helped them fill the glasses before the service.

The tasting note would read something like: “Short pour at a tasting. Sweet, uncomplicated. No sparkle. Cleansing finish. 75”

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I’ve only had my own lately (Barbolini, the Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro that Tom referred to).

Anyone who’s never had a good dry Lambrusco with, say, pizza or fettucine with ragù bolognese hasn’t lived.

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The previously mentioned Cleto Chiarli Premium.

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About three years ago. 2009 Vigneto Saetti Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce. Not a contemplative wine but quite nice.

RT

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Waiting for my Under the Wire allocation.

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Villa di Corlo Amabile and Corelto…agree with Oliver, Lambrusco and pizza or prosciutto is an unbelievable combo.

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We just got some Opera02 Secco on Wednesday. It’s pretty delicious. I poured it for a Sorority event at the winebar, and the ladies went gaga for it.

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Veronica… these were Sorority girls… probably anything with alcohol would have had them gaga… of course, this may have been more gagaish than other possibilities…

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Jim, these weren’t girls just grateful someone was serving them alcohol. These were 50-year-old, well-traveled business ladies whom while not wine geeks, enjoyed wine. I was trying to introduce them to something different that they would like, and I think it worked.
P.S. Are you back from Europe? Hope it was a blast.

Cheers!

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VC, my comments were tongue-in-cheek. Actually, the wine sounds good…

We are back, and we did have a great time, though Julia’s internal clock is off and she is waking at 4:30… yikes… and Lorena had to head to Mexico as soon as we got home to take care of her mom…so… I haven’t had a down moment yet… … I’m going to open something right now to get me through the day…

Hope to see you soon… .

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Loved your Champagne pics. Hope Lorena’s Mom is alright. Yes, we should plan something. Sundays/Mondays work for me. Sorry for the thread drift. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

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My last one was the 2010 Saetti, which was also quite nice - and bone dry.

Manicardi is also very good. It’s sweeter than the Saetti (not hard to do) but very balanced.