Cantina della Volta

The first alcoholic fermentation of the must takes place in steel vats on the fine lees at a controlled temperature and after a waiting period of at least six months, the wine is bottled. The bottles remain at a constant temperature of 12°C so that the wine can undergo its second fermentation and mature on its own yeasts, which remain as a light sediment (beware, it is not filtered!) at the bottom of the bottle.

Animating cherry red with violet reflections and a yeasty cloudiness that comes from the lack of filtration. Surprisingly, the cheeky nose of wild strawberry and redcurrant, very fresh and accessible. On the palate, vibrant with lots of raspberry and traces of rhubarb, the exciting play is flanked by delicate yeast tones and a wonderfully present acidity and ensures an impressive race and class that only the Lambrusco grandmaster Christian Bellei can conjure up in the bottle! SUPERIORE.DE

Bright cherry pink with light reflections. Subtly sweet nose of raspberry, strawberry and traces of citrus and honey. On the palate then fruit-driven and precisely forward, with a wonderful fruit-acid play and a hearty, Sorbara-typical and very fresh style. With its fine perlage and respectable final, the winery's bestseller Brutrosso conquers hearts in flight! SUPERIORE.DE

This sparkling wine is named after the minimum 36 months of bottle fermentation it must undergo.

The result is impressive: bright ruby red with garnet reflections. On the nose, sour cherry, redcurrant and wild rose, rounded off by candied cherry and traces of light smoke. On the palate, powerful, complex, round and creamy in texture, the candied fruits are well dosed, juicy, clear and with a full-bodied, long finish. Trentasei combines the tradition of the region with an already visionary new interpretation of a Sorbara Spumante, which remains in the memory even after the bottle has been emptied far too quickly. SUPERIORE.DE

When a wine is named after the founder and mastermind of what is probably the most famous and hippest winery in the region around Modena, then you should take a closer look, or better still, reach directly for the bottle. This extraordinary sparkling wine is produced using the Blanc de Noirs method, i.e. a white spumante from red grapes - certainly not an everyday occurrence in the Lambrusco world.

And the result is just as special and high-class: golden colour with greenish reflections, lively and with a fine, infinitely long-lasting perlage. On the nose, delicate white peach, flint, salt, lemon and grapefruit. On the palate, then, crisply vibrant and endowed with an elegant acidity, the subtle fruit sweetness stretches out beautifully and its delicate mousseux gives this exceptional spumante its inimitable structure. The archetype of an aperitif and in its high-class, irresistible drinking flow simply unbeatable good and equal to the great name of the founder! SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2015 Spumante Millesimato Christian Bellei is a varietal Lambrusco di Sorbara, yet it is a straw yellow in color. It boasts a savory and lifting bouquet that mixes dusty dried flowers with apricots, candied ginger and hints of hazelnut. This washes across the palate with an elegant wave of silken bubbles carrying notes of apple, pear and rich almond paste. It's long and lightly structured through the finale, as minerals mingle with orchard fruits and hints of spice. Simply stunning." Vinous

A Lambrusco with almost zero (!) grams of residual sweetness seems like an insurmountable contradiction. But far from it, the Lambrusco benchmark Cantina della Volta delivers a sparkling wine here that can keep up with the best rosé champagnes of France's noble region.

Delicate pale pink with an impressively fine perlage in the glass. In addition to the classics raspberry and wild strawberry, the bouquet opens with wonderfully floral notes that make it seem downright lovely despite its lack of sugar. On the palate, then, of indescribable finesse, creaminess and "dry sweetness", which makes us refill without much hesitation and draws us fully into the glass. La Prima Volta is a spumante with just the right balance of class, drinkability and mineral freshness, just as we would like to enjoy a sparkling wine today and tomorrow. Never too heavy, but still with an irresistible depth and far from any arbitrariness. SUPERIORE.DE