Terrevive 2020 'San Vincent' Rosato Frizzante, Lambrusco IGP

Item Number: 16143

UPC: None

Country: Italy
Region: Emilia-Romagna
Sub Region: Emilia-Romagna
Appellation/AVA: Lambrusco IGP
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2020
Grape(s): 100% Sorbara
Type: Wine - Sparkling
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Crown Cap
Alc by Vol(%): 12
Viticulture: Certified Biodynamic
Soil Type: Sandy loam

Tasting Notes: Named after the patron saint of wine, the eye-poppingly vivid San Vincent is made entirely from the local Sorbara grape, which may in fact be related to Pinot Meunier, according to Gianluca. This bottling combines the breezy scrumptiousness of No Autoclave with some of the penetrating intensity of PerFranco, offering well-delineated, lifted notes of cassis, raspberry, licorice, and plenty of the wild herbs which seem to pop up in all of Gianluca’s wines. San Vincent delivers a strong and satisfying retronasal impression on the palate, and its combination of saline minerality and scythe-like acidity prompts involuntary salivation.

Terroir Notes: Terrevive’s immaculately tended vineyards, all planted in the zone’s typical sandy loam soils, speak to his obsession with working in harmony with the land. Gianluca grows cover crop in alternating rows among his vines, using them as natural fertilizer when spring rolls around, and employs careful biodynamic preparations to keep his soil and plants vitalized. Irrigation is never employed, and all work in the vineyards, from pruning through harvest, is performed by hand. The vineyards, rather than being clustered together in one section of the property, intermingle with fields of cereals, vegetables, and fruits. The ancient indigenous varieties found here arose in a polycultural environment, and it is in such an environment as Terrevive that they truly flourish.

Winemaking Notes: Gianluca adds no yeasts, makes no adjustments for acidity, does not chaptalize, and never employs dosage, so his wines always end up scintillatingly bone-dry.

Label by Marino Neri