La Fontana dei Boschi - Vittorio Graziano

La Fontana dei Boschi - Vittorio Graziano

The Fontana dei Boschi is a sparkling wine produced with Lambrusco Grasparossa grapes with the method of natural refermentation in the bottle. The grapes are harvested in September and the first fermentation takes place spontaneously with the natives only in the cellar. Bottling with residual sugar and when in the spring the temperatures rise and the sugars resume their work with the formation of the bollciine. A natural wine obtained without the addition of sugar or must. With a very dark ruby ​​red color, the nose is rustic with a note of red fruit, spicy and balsamic hints. In the mouth it is structured, with nice carbon, and amalgamated tannins and a nice finish

Service

It is advisable to taste it at 6/8 °. Daily wine but it holds a good few years of aging.

Pairings

Great with homemade appetizers, lasagna, to try with a lentil cotechin.

Cellar: Vittorio Graziano

The cellar of Vittorio Graziano is located in Castelvetro di Modena, a splendid village of Modena hills. Its vineyards are 200 m. On sandy soil, clay and gravel, and are reared with varieties typical of the area, of which Graziano does not know the name, but having found them in the place then played them by mass selection. Graziano is a true, authentic vintner, who is the bearer of a long-lived farming practice that consists of bottling reforestation. All of its wines are bottled in the cold months, when the fermentation stops naturally, and the wine still remains in the wine. With the arrival of spring, fermentation resumes, with the formation of the foam. Pure juice without added must and sugar. Three wines produced; The Ripa di Sopravento which is a sparkling white wine, Smilzo, a sparkling rosé wine, and La Fontana dei boschi, which is definitely its cru.