Pizzini Lambrusco 2023

Forget everything you think you know about Lambrusco… lightly sparkling and ruby red in colour, our Lambrusco Salamino is soft, approachable and beautifully balanced. Setting a benchmark for this style in Australia, on the palate the wine is a fresh and dry with an explosion of textural notes that recalls the bottle fermentation techniques used. This richly coloured drop is powerful yet elegant – a truly a drink anywhere and anytime style. Not too sweet, but not too dry, this fuller bodied, juicy sparkling pairs perfectly with salami or antipasti.

Made using the premier Lambrusco Salamino clone grapes were handpicked and then crushed into an open fermenter where they started fermentation. The skins stayed in contact with the juice for 2 days before pressing, long enough to enhance flavour and colour in the wine. After pressing the juice continued to ferment at low temperatures to retain freshness and fruit flavours before being prepared for traditional bottle fermentation to finish.

Fermentation vessel: Stainless steel
Type of oak: No oak used
Fining agent: Gelatine
Filtration: Crossflow filtration

Acid: 5.4 g/l
Residual sugar: 12.5g/l
pH: 3.49
Alcohol: 12% Alc/Vol
Bottled: January 2022