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“Brutrosso” Metodo Classico Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC (2022) brut
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
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Lambrusco Sorbara
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 9 months bottle fermentation
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 12,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026+
- Closure: natural cork
- Residual sugar: 5,50 g/l
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned07112120 · 0,75 l · 18,65 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
“Rimosso” Vino Frizzante Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC 2022 secco
The first alcoholic fermentation of the must takes place in steel tanks 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 at the bottom of the bottle as a light sediment (note: it is not filtered!).
An animating cherry red colour with violet reflections and a yeasty cloudiness due to the lack of filtration. A surprisingly cheeky nose of wild strawberry and redcurrant, very fresh and accessible. The palate is vibrant with lots of raspberry and traces of rhubarb, the exciting interplay 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
"Sparkling, brilliant cherry pink colour with persistent perlage and slight cloudiness. Cool nose of delicate apricots and forest fruits, great lemony components, fresh and fragrant. Very dry on the palate, with a delicate fruity flavour, salty, a little tannin on the finish, full-bodied." Falstaff
"The NV Rimosso is inviting, with a pretty mix of violets, lavender and blueberries. On the palate, this Rimosso is more flamboyant, savoury and intense, with a chiselled bead of bubbles punctuated by ripe wild berries. The Rimosso finishes perfumed and long, leaving a fluid, floral colour and tactile mineral tones that linger. Very beautiful." Vinous
"The wine showcases small ripe strawberries, complete with their seeds, alongside notes of strawberry leaf and subtle rose hip aromas, intertwined with a mixed bouquet of herbs. It strikes a harmonious balance between savory and fruity notes, enhanced by mouthwatering acidity. The tart lift of the finish makes it an ideal companion for salty snacks, grilled food, or a delectable slice of pizza." Wine Enthusiast
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Lambrusco Sorbara
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 5 months bottle fermentation
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 11,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026+
- Closure: natural cork
- Residual sugar: 11,50 g/l
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned07112222 · 0,75 l · 19,99 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
“Brutrosso” Metodo Classico Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC (2023) brut
Bright cherry pink with light reflections. Subtly sweet nose of raspberry, strawberry and traces of citrus and honey. The palate is fruity and precisely forward, with a wonderful interplay of fruit and acidity and a savoury, very fresh style typical of Sorbara. With its fine perlage and respectable final, the winery's bestseller Brutrosso wins hearts in a flash! SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Lambrusco Sorbara
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 9 months bottle fermentation
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 12,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2027+
- Closure: natural cork
- Residual sugar: 5,50 g/l
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned07112123 · 0,75 l · 21,20 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
“Rimosso” Vino Frizzante Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC 2023 secco
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 at the bottom of the bottle as a light sediment (note: it is not filtered!).
An animating cherry red colour with violet reflections and a yeasty cloudiness due to the lack of filtration. A surprisingly cheeky nose of wild strawberry and redcurrant, very fresh and accessible. The palate is vibrant with lots of raspberry and traces of rhubarb, the exciting interplay 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
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Lambrusco Sorbara
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 6 months bottle fermentation
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 11,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2027+
- Closure: natural cork
- Residual sugar: 11,50 g/l
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned07112223 · 0,75 l · 22,53 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
“Trentasei” Metodo Classico Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC 2015 brut
This sparkling wine is named after the minimum 36 months of bottle fermentation it has to undergo. The result is impressive: light ruby red with garnet reflections. Sour cherry, blackcurrant and wild rose on the nose, rounded off with candied cherry and traces of light smoke. On the palate, it is powerful, complex, round and creamy in texture, with well-dosed candied fruit, juicy, clear and with a full-bodied, long finish. Trentasei combines the tradition of the region with a visionary reinterpretation of a Sorbara sparkling wine that remains in the memory even after the bottle has been emptied far too quickly. SUPERIORE.DE
"Delicate cherry red with pink reflections. The nose has hints of wild berries and caramelised rhubarb. Some marzipan and white pepper on the finish. Surprisingly sweet and fruity on the palate with lively acidity. Great fun." Falstaff
"In a delightful strawberry-red hue, this wine exudes wild raspberry aromas, hints of dried leaves, and warmed rosebud jam. Its light and zippy palate offers crushed currant and sour cherry flavors, culminating in an intriguing savory finish that lingers and requests a board of salumi or cured meat." Wine Enthusiast
"The 2015 Brut Metodo Classico Lambrusco di Sorbara Trentasei is a deep translucent red with a seductive bouquet that blends sweet spices with violet florals and wild strawberries. It’s soothingly round with a silken bead of fine bubbles and crisp orchard fruits, as hints of candied citrus add lovely contrast toward the close. The 2015 tapers off on a note of refinement, classically dry and crisp, as the slight hint of sour cherry slowly fades. This is next-level Lambrusco." Vinous
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Lambrusco Sorbara
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 36 months bottle fermentation
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 12,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2028+
- Closure: natural cork
- Residual sugar: 5,50 g/l
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned07112415 · 0,75 l · 28,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
“Christian Bellei” Blanc de Noirs Metodo Classico DOC 2016 brut
When a wine is named after the founder and mastermind of what is probably the most famous and popular winery in the Modena region, then you should take a closer look, or even better, reach for the bottle. This exceptional 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 in colour with greenish reflections, lively and with a fine, infinitely long-lasting perlage. Delicate white peach, flint, salt, lemon and grapefruit on the nose. The palate is crisp and vibrant with an elegant acidity, the subtle fruit sweetness opens up beautifully and its delicate mousseux gives this exceptional sparkling wine its inimitable structure. The archetype of an aperitif and simply unbeatable in its high-class, irresistible drinking flow and on a par with the great name of the founder! SUPERIORE.DE
"Bright silver with a delicate perlage. The nose initially has a slight reduction, a hint of flint, ripe lemons, cold smoke and candle wax. Precise, almost cutting on the palate, with racy acidity and a high draw, makes the tongue click." Falstaff
"This pale straw sparkler entices with ripe McIntosh apple aromas and delicate hints of lemon zest and white-flower honey. The zippy palate pops in mixed citrus notes culminating in a fresh finish accentuated by a delicate hint of green herbs, perfectly balancing the vibrant fruit notes." Wine Enthusiast
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Lambrusco Sorbara
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 36 months bottle fermentation
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 12,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026+
- Closure: natural cork
- Residual sugar: 5,50 g/l
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned07110116 · 0,75 l · 29,32 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
Metodo Classico Rosé Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC 2018 brut
Here is one of the most serious and at the same time most exciting sparkling wines that can be made from the Sorbara variety! Pale to dusky pink in colour with a fine foam and accentuated, persistent perlage. The bouquet is almost magical and yet very distinguished, with hints of raspberry and wild strawberry, which is what makes a top-class Lambrusco, but still seems to be an unattainable goal for many local winegrowers. A fine acidity on the palate, with delicate, dry bitter notes and an exciting brightening of fruity tones of wild strawberry and pomegranate. The overall impression is bone-dry and the bottled dream of a Lambrusco produced using the champagne method, which is unrivalled in the wine landscape. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Lambrusco Sorbara
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 40 months bottle fermentation
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 12,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2028+
- Closure: natural cork
- Residual sugar: 5,50 g/l
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned07112318 · 0,75 l · 32,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
“La Prima Volta” Metodo Classico DOC 2018 dosaggio zero
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 the noble region of France.
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
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Lambrusco Sorbara
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 36 months bottle fermentation
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 12,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026+
- Closure: natural cork
- Residual sugar: <1,00 g/l
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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Christian Bellei knows how to knock the socks off even Lambrusco sceptics. In his opinion, the basis of an outstanding sparkling wine begins with the manual grape harvest and a particularly gentle pressing of the grapes. The passionate oenologist shares his views with us in conversation: "Nowadays, everyone makes a sparkling wine, but for the classic method, the grapes have to be harvested and pressed in a certain way."
Christian inherited his talent for sparkling wine production from his father Giuseppe, who was one of the pioneering winemakers to use the classical bottle fermentation method for Lambrusco production. It was he who regularly took Christian to the Champagne region and thus familiarised him at a young age with the charm of the elaborate but very rewarding technique of classical bottle fermentation.
No wonder, then, that Christian's winery has never been equipped with an autoclave pressure tank. In order to express the versatility and potential of Lambrusco, he, like his father, ferments it according to the techniques of Champagne. In what is perhaps Italy's most culinary region, fascinating and lively Lambrusco interpretations are thus created in his Cantina della Volta in Bonporto, a small town in the province of Modena.
He is particularly passionate about the local pale with high acidity, red berry fruit flavours and low residual sweetness, Lambrusco di Sorbara. Together with his two friends, the lawyer Umberto L'Astorina and the marketing strategist Angela Sini, the talented winemaker has been bringing the highest quality and most complex Lambrusco di Sorbara repertoire of the entire region to the market since 2010.
The vineyards, sustainably cultivated for this purpose, run along Modena's beautiful hills, which are made up of clay, limestone and chalk soils. The noble Sobara grapes are transported from there to the Cantina della Volta's wine cellar, which is located near the Darsena - the harbour basin where ships have to make the turn ("la volta") that gives the company its name, in order to resume their journey towards Modena.
Under meticulous quality controls, each base wine is bottled after the first fermentation in sparkling wine bottles, where the second alcoholic fermentation finally takes place. Afterwards, the sparkling wines mature for five to forty-one months on their own yeasts and become fine, frothy Lambrusco di Sorbara wines that wink gleefully at sceptics in particular. Not only since tasting these refined sparkling wines, which are so indispensable for the region, should Lambrusco finally be freed from its dubious reputation, because Christian's selected Metodo Classico have absolutely nothing in common with the once sweet mass-produced sparkling wine of the 1980s. SUPERIORE.DE
Facts
- Year founded: 2010
- Owners: Christian Bellei, Angela Sini, Umberto L'Astorina
- Annual production: approx. 120,000 bottles
- Vineyard area: approx. 16 hectares
- Conventional cultivation