Villa Cialdini Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro 2025

Villa Cialdini Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro

Region: Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Vintage: 2025

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Lambrusco Grasparossa

ABV: 11%

Ruby red in colour, with plenty of bright bubbles. On the nose, it has a fresh, pronounced and very fine fruity scent. On the palate, the wine is delicate, tangy and well-balanced, with pleasant refreshing acidity, floral notes and forest fruits such as red currant on the finish.

The Grasparossa vineyards are located in the Chiarli Family's Cialdini Estate in the heart of the foothills of Castelvetro.They grow on the ancient gravel sediments of the Guerro stream, at an altitude of 70-150 metres above sea level. The surface stratum, around 50-60cm deep, is comprised of dusky, reddish coloured silt-loam.The clones are obtained from a mass selection of the estate’s ancient vineyards.The vines are planted at a density of 3,300 vines per hectare.They are trained to a double curtain (GDC), and are suitable both for mechanical and manual pruning and picking.

The grapes were harvested both by hand and machine, then immediately crushed and destemmed. Only the freshest must was selected, clarified and cold-stabilized immediately after harvest. Maceration lasted a few days at controlled temperatures. The first and only fermentation occurred at controlled temperatures of 16-18° C and with selected yeasts in stainless steel Charmat tanks, lasting for 90 days.

Villa Cialdini is the main house of Azienda Agricola Castelvetro, an estate southeast of Modena that has been owned by the Chiarli family since 1860. Brothers Anselmo and Mauro Chiarli, who manage the family company, started the Castelvetro project in 2002. Their idea, which would be ambitious today, let alone in 2002, was to build a state-of-the-art winery and produce top-quality Lambrusco. They spent a year renovating the winery and began production using the property’s old vineyards in 2003.