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Producer: Venturini Baldini
A great Lambrusco producer!
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Wine Glass
GV: Champagne Glass
Lambrusco shows best in a regular red wine glass; though Lambrusco looks really great in a flute (champagne glass).

Lambrusco Grapes
GV: "Lambrusco is a grape but there are about 60 clones of it."
Marani and Salamino are two indigenous Lambrusco grape varieties, not clones. Most Lambruscos are made from one or a combination of different Lambrusco grapes. Today, 13 different Lambrusco grapes have been identified; most are made from these 6: Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Sorbara, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Montericco.

Wine Region
GV: "This one is specifically from the Emilia part."
The region is called Emilia Romagna but Lambrusco grapes cannot be grown in Romagna - by law. The classic regions for Lambrusco are Emilia (Parma, Modena, Reggio Emilia) and Lombardia (Mantovano). Industrial versions are bottled in Piedmont and Veneto and also produced in Puglia.

Lambrusco Alcohol
GV: "11% alcohol. Interesting, 8.5 plus 2.5."
This wine has only 8.5% alcohol and not 11%; i.e. it's sweet (demi-sec) not secco/semisecco (dry/off-dry). Traditional Lambrusco is a secco red wine and has around 11% alcohol. 8.5 + 2.5 indicates that the fermentation was stopped at 8.5% but IF all of the sugar would have been converted into alcohol this wine WOULD have had a 'potential alcohol' of 11%.

Charmat Process
GV: "It is made in the charmat style, so it is not a sparkling wine."
The 'charmat method' (secondary fermentation is done in tank; not in the bottle) may be used to make frizzante (slightly sparkling) AND spumante (fully sparkling) wines. BTW: Prosecco may be still, frizzante or spumante (charmat or metodo classico).

Roncolo
GV: "Kind of single vineyard, a way to distinguish it."
The estate, located in the town of Roncolo di Quattro Castello, is owned by the Venturini family and called La Tenuta di Roncolo.

Residual Sugar
GV: "Semi-dry. Definitely a hint of residual sugar."
A Lambrusco labeled 'demi-sec' (a French term) is sweet, not off-dry. The official Italian Lambrusco sweetness levels are: secco (dry to off-dry), semisecco (off-dry), amabile (sweet to very sweet), and dolce (very sweet to super sweet).

In Italy Roncolo is a Lambrusco secco (11% alcohol) and made from Grasparossa, Salamino, Marani, Montericco, Maestri, and Malbo Gentile (a traditional blending grape, not a Lambrusco variety; max. 15% by law).