Lesson #16 Starter Pack: Lambrusco Goes Pink v2 - Includes Snack
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This is one stop shopping for Tail Up Goat Wine School. Package includes wine for class along with our delicious fried marcona almonds. There's no need to buy any other food to qualify for wine delivery.
Brut de Noir Rosé, Cleto Chiarli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, NV
Vital Signs: This consists primarily of Grasparossa with a touch of Pinot Noir with enough skin contact to deliver loads of fresh berry fruit but not enough to register any grip to speak of. This is a thoroughly modern wine, stylish and refreshing but nonetheless rooted in tradition and inspired by the vineyard workers who once made their own pale fizz from the runoff of grapes they were hauling.
Uncle Bill's Take: Brut de Noir evokes Champagne, but this is sturdier stuff. It has all the fresh, floral tones you might imagine but coupled with a richer, creamier mouthfeel than most entry-level Champers can manage. It's a bit of a hybrid wine, cut from a different cloth than most Lambrusco but still bearing the family resemblance.
Temperature: 50˚F
Pairing Suggestions: This is perfect on its own as an apéritif but equally delightful with almost anything. It's bright and racy enough to accompany a summer salad but also has the gravitas to go with meatier dishes, although I find myself wanting a local cheese board anchored by massive chunks of Parmigiano Reggiano.
Lambrusco di Sorbara, "Vigna del Padre," Fiorini, Emilia-Romagna, 2018
Vital Signs: Sorbara is the prettiest of the major Lambrusco sub-varietals, renowned for its delicate floral, fruity flavors. As you might guess by the name, this is an homage to an earlier generation, made in the méthode ancestrale (fermentation finished in the bottle) and unfiltered. It is decidedly pink and just on the dry side of off-dry but utterly delicious.
Uncle Bill's Take: This is a single vineyard showcase of a rather finicky grape that gives exuberant, joyful wines. It has a creamy texture through the influence of the lees that gives to gravitas you wouldn't typically associate with something so fresh and floral.
Temperature: 50˚F
Pairing Suggestions: Something about this wine crazes fresh cheeses to me, be it ricotta or chèvre or good mozz. It would go equally well with a summer garden's worth of produce or simply prepared seafood, especially something with the subtle sweetness of good scallops, crab, or shrimp.