Discover the top 100 best sparkling wines of Emilia-Romagna as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sparkling wines that are popular of Emilia-Romagna and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Kingdom of Lambrusco: fresh, fruity sparkling reds (blackberry, cherry, violet), from gourmet dry to convivial off-dry, perfect with local charcuterie. World's best-selling sparkling wine on the Emilia side (Sorbara, Grasparossa, Salamino). East, Romagna: supple fruity Sangiovese, Albana (Italy's 1st white DOCG, 1987) ample and almondy. Also red Gutturnio and white Pignoletto.
55-58,000 ha. Mythical cuisine (Parma, Bologna, Modena).
Intensely coloured, supple reds with an inky violet robe, melted tannins and moderate acidity. Aromas of black cherry, blackberry, plum, violet and soft spicy notes. Round palate, best drunk young. The quintessential blending variety, massively blended with Lambrusco to intensify the colour of Emilia-Romagna sparkling wines; also vinified as a single variety in Argentina, Switzerland and Portugal. Native Italian variety from the province of Reggio Emilia.
sparkling wines from the region of Emilia-Romagna go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!, tuna pie or old-fashioned aligot.
On the nose in the region of Emilia-Romagna often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, tropical fruit or black fruit.
