Wine Tasting #2

 

Name of Wine: Notte Rossa Lambrusco 

Variety: Lambrusco 

Region: Emilia-Romagna, Italy 

Country: Italy 

Year: does not explicitly say so I would assume grapes from the most recent harvest. 

Price: 10.99$ for 1.5L 

Wine Shop Review: Notte Rossa Lambrusco is an Italian red wine. It has a ruby-red color with violet highlights. The bouquet is fruity and fragrant, with a perfume reminiscent of berries and cherries. The taste is captivating with well-balanced acidity and fruity finish. It is bottled at 7.5% alcohol by volume. This Lambrusco is a charming complement to all foods. It is perfect with salads, sandwiches, pizza and poultry, pork and beef dishes, and spicy food. Also delightful on its own as a refreshing drink. Enjoy! (gotoLiquorStore) 

Wine Folly: pg.122. The main notes are strawberry, blackberry, rhubarb, hibiscus, and potting soil. I definitely could taste the strawberry and blackberry, but got none of the potting soil taste. There was a slight hibiscus taste adding to its floralness, but not heavy on that flavor. They note different sweetness levels, which this one would be under the semi-secco or Amabile as it was a sweet Lambrusco, not dry. 

My Review: This wine is fantastic!! It has the perfect amount of sweetness, but not too sweet with a very fruity flavor. The perfect word to describe it is jammy. The sparkling aspect of this wine is perfect as it has very tiny bubbles that make it palatable and not the kind of sparkling that makes you want to burp every moment. Due to its sparkling nature, it needs to be chilled to get the crisp refreshing taste of this wine otherwise it just is not good. I got hints of a bright cherry flavor, like a cherry that has fully ripened with hints of raspberry that add to the fresh lightness of this wine. There is a very small bit of dryness that I noticed only because it balances out the sweetness, if I did not taste this aspect I would think the wine was too sweet. It is definitely a very light refreshing red wine. I am obsessed and have since bought multiple of these bottles haha. 

I did not pair this wine with any food.