Next level Lambrusco from VENTURINI BALDINI
Back with a vengeance, next level Lambrusco’s from Emilia-Reggiano’s first organic producer (1976) and Italy’s finest Oenologist, Union Internationale des Enologues
co-President Riccardo Cotarella… welcome back:
Gorgeous farming, star-studded team, serious wines—good things are bubbling in Lambrusco’s heartland.
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“Montelocco” Lambrusco Bianco , 854453 - tech sheet
“Montelocco” Lambrusco Rosato , 854454 - tech sheet
“Montelocco” Lambrusco Rosso , 854455 - tech sheet
“Marchese Manodori” Rosso Brut , 854456 - tech sheet
“Cadelvento” Rosato Brut , 854457 - tech sheet
2016 Metodo Classico Brut , 854458 - tech sheet
Find the wine details below!
Venturini Baldini was founded in 1976 on an historic 16th century estate in the hills between Parma and Reggio Emilia, the heartland of Lambrusco. Of their 135 hectares, only 32 hectares are vineyards, the remainder being left as wild woods and pastures that buzz with life and biodiversity. With that living land pushing up gorgeous fruit, owner Julia Prestia is fully invested in revealing the next layer of quality for Lambrusco.
Overseeing the wines since 2015 is Carlo Ferrini (67), one of Italy’s best-known winemakers, awarded Winemaker of the Year by Wine Enthusiast in 2007. His professional career spans more than 40 years working with over three dozen estates throughout the peninsula, from Trentino to Sicily, including Petrolo, Sapaio, Brancaia, Barone Ricasoli, and Donnafugata.
In early 2021, Venturini Baldini announced Ferrini’s retirement from the estate and replacement by the equally famed Riccardo Cotarella , widely considered Italy’s number one Eonologist at present, president of Assoenologi and world co-president of the Union Internationale des Enologues, and also head of the wine program at another of Vino al Vino’s portfolio producers, Il Palagio !
More on Venturini Baldini’s farming and terroir below, but first:
I vini!
The Montelocco line up
The Montelocco line is the perfect introduction to Venturini Baldini: Malvasia Secca, Lambrusco Rosé, and Lambrusco Rosso. Beautifully crafted fruit forward crushers.
2020 Montelocco Bianco.
Malvasia di Candia Aromatica. A classic brut expression of Emilia Romagna’s chief white variety pours bright yellow with green highlights and a gentle frizzante bead. A floral bouquet, refreshing acidity, and happy wine. Ideal aperitif, with salami and egg dishes, seafood, and mildly mature cheese.
RS 8g/l | 11% | 854453 | 60 cases avail. | tech sheet
2020 Montelocco Lambrusco Rosé.
Grasparossa, Sorbara. A powder pink rosé, fresh and delicate bubbles with a perfume of summer strawberries, black cherries, and raspberries. An aperitivo with extreme versatility in pairing.
RS 10g/l | 11% | 854454 | 75 cases avail. | tech sheet
2020 Montelocco Lambrusco Rosso.
Salamino. Extra dry, this is Venturini’s fruitiest and funnest Lambrusco, balanced by racy acidity, subtle tannins, and a refreshing chill, tasting of juicy black cherry and mediterranean herbs. Pop this with ravioli bolognese for a great patio pairing.
RS 16g/l | 11% | 854455 | 50 cases avail. | tech sheet
2020 Marchese Manodori
Marani, Maestri, Salamino, Grasparossa
Venturini Baldini’s multiple award winning dry red Lambrusco is regal. The Marchese Manodori is a spicy fruity beauty full of wild violet and mellow cherry perfumes with a delicately spicy fragrance of clove and pepper. Excellent with charcuterie or East Asian cuisine or BBQ ribs. Lively tannins, balanced, refined.
RS 7g/l | ABV 12% | Charmat | 854456 | 12 cases avail.
2020 Cadelvento Rosato
Sorbara, Grasparossa
Venturini Baldini’s most famous and highly awarded cuvée, the Cadelvento is the benchmark for Lambrusco Rosé. VinePair named this cuvée #13 on their top 50 wines of 2020. With soft, tart fruit on the palate, this wine is full of joyful fruit without being saccharine. Sorbara is perfect for this cuvée, being one of the Lambrusco varieties with very thin skins.
RS 8g/l | ABV 11.5% | Charmat | 854457 | 16 cases avail.
2016 Metodo Classico Brut
70% Pinot Nero, 30% Chardonnay
The culmination of Carlo Ferrini’s highest ambitions for Venturini Baldini, this cuvée provides a fascinating foil for champagne, using the traditional method and the champagnois varieties controls for certain variables that allow the singularity of Emilia-Romagna terroir to show through by contrast. The result must be tasted to be understood. An unmissable experience for anyone passionate about fine sparkling.
RS 6g/l | ABV 11% | Traditional Method with 30 months on lees | 854458 | 15 cases avail.
Venturini Baldini
Continued from above:
As one expects from great sparkling wine farming, Venturini’s vines are planted among the south facing slopes of their sandy clay foothills that roll from 300-400m above sea level with excellent drainage and a wide diurnal temperature. Moreover, Venturini was among the first in the region to obtain organic certification (1976). Their name has been synonymous with the highest quality Lambrusco for decades now and we are so excited to bring their gorgeous wines to Alberta.
In addition to the plethora of Lambrusco varieties (including Sorbara, Grasparossa and Salamino) Venturini Baldini also grows Malvasia di Candia Aromatica, Pinot Nero, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Grigio. Their range spans from entry level crushable bubbles fermented in the charmat method through to traditional method, hand riddled, hand disgorged wines that press the envelope for the region, showing complexity and character unique to Emilia-Romagna’s terroir.
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