Winery Tenute FerrariniMontericco Lambrusco
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Montericco Lambrusco
Pairings that work perfectly with Montericco Lambrusco
Original food and wine pairings with Montericco Lambrusco
The Montericco Lambrusco of Winery Tenute Ferrarini matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of rabbit in sauce, salmon koulibiac or pork terrine with beaufort cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Tenute Ferrarini's Montericco Lambrusco.
Discover the grape variety: Tannat
Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Montericco Lambrusco from Winery Tenute Ferrarini are 2015, 2012, 2013, 0 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Tenute Ferrarini
The Winery Tenute Ferrarini is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Colli de Scandiano e Canosa to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Colli de Scandiano e Canosa
The wine region of Colli de Scandiano e Canosa is located in the region of Émilie-Romagne of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cantina Puianello or the Domaine Cantina Puianello produce mainly wines sparkling, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Colli de Scandiano e Canosa are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Marzemino and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Colli de Scandiano e Canosa often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit.
The wine region of Emilia-Romagna
Romagna/emilia">Emilia-Romagna is a Rich and fertile region in Northern Italy, and one of the country's most prolific wine-producing regions, with over 58,000 hectares (143,320 acres) of vines in 2010. It is 240 kilometers (150 miles) wide and stretches across almost the entire northern Italian peninsula, sandwiched between Tuscany to the South, Lombardy and Veneto to the north and the Adriatic Sea to the east. Nine miles of Liguria is all that separates Emilia-Romagna from the Ligurian Sea, and its uniqueness as the only Italian region with both an east and west coast. Emilia-Romagna's wine-growing heritage dates back to the seventh century BC, making it one of the oldest wine-growing regions in Italy.
The word of the wine: Pigeage
Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.
