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This Week's Must-Try Wines from Vinous

Welcome to this week's Must-Try Wines from Vinous! Each week we compile a list of wines from the Vinous database that you need to add to your wine wish list. With all the various regions, producers, and grapes, no week will be the same! All of the wines listed in this feature are available for purchase on Banquet . This week's must-try wines are from Eric Guido’s article Emilia-Romagna: Opposite Ends of the Spectrum . Enjoy an excerpt from this article and reviews below! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "While Lambrusco is still king in Emilia, over in Romagna, a few wineries are showing the heights Sangiovese can reach if treated properly. The best part is that these lesser-known wines continue to offer great value in the market.” --Eric Guido, Emilia-Romagna: Opposite Ends of the Spectrum, March 2023 1. NV Cleto Chiarli Centenario Grasparossa di Castelvetro Lambrusco Amabile 2. 2019 Chiara Condello Romagna Sangiovese di Predappio 3. NV Fattoria Moretto Secco Grasparossa di Castelvetro Lambrusco 4. NV Lini 910 Labrusca Emilia Lambrusco Bianco 5. NV Lini 910 Labrusca Emilia Lambrusco Rosé 6. 2020 Noelia Ricci Predappio Romagna Sangiovese 7. NV Rinaldini Lambrusco Secco Rosé

Lini 910

Labrusca Emilia Lambrusco Bianco

Delectable Wine
8.9

A wildly fresh mix of crushed apples, chamomile and white smoke wafts up from the NV Bianco Labrusca. It’s pleasantly sweet with a bitter contrast of savory spice carried across a wave of silken bubbles. The palate is completely refreshed as candied ginger and lemon zest notes fade. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023) — 2 years ago

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Noelia Ricci

Predappio Romagna Sangiovese 2020

Delectable Wine
9.2

The 2020 Sangiovese Romagna Predappio Godenza bursts from the glass with a heady mix of crushed plums, spiced cherry sauce, brown sugar and a lifting trace of mint. It’s silky and round, soothing the senses with textural, ripe red and hints of blue fruit. The Godenza’s minerality appears through the finale, tapering off salty, savory and undeniably spicy. A coating of fine tannins adds a pleasant grip. While highly enjoyable now, the 2020 could use another year of cellaring to come fully into focus. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023) — 2 years ago

Cleto Chiarli

Centenario Grasparossa di Castelvetro Lambrusco Amabile

Delectable Wine
8.9

A bouquet of blackberry, dusty rose and wet stone lifts up from the darkly alluring NV Lambrusco Grasparossa Centenario Amabile. This glides across the palate with silky bubbles and a pretty inner sweetness, contrasted by tart wild berry fruits and saline-mineral tones. It leaves a staining of fruit concentration yet finishes with a minty freshness. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023) — 2 years ago

Fattoria Moretto

Secco Grasparossa di Castelvetro Lambrusco

Delectable Wine
8.9

The 2021 Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro Secco is incredibly fresh with a smoky mix of crushed wild berries and savory herbs. It’s silky smooth with a stimulating core of sour citrus and mineral-tinged bubbles that add a cheek-puckering tension within. The 2021 leaves the palate aching with a staining of primary concentration that slowly dissolves and reveals a lingering hint of black licorice. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023) — 2 years ago

Rinaldini

Lambrusco Secco Rosé

Delectable Wine
8.8

The NV Lambrusco Secco is pungently floral and intense, with masses of crushed black cherries and sage giving way to a camphor hint. This is decidedly savory in style as inner rose tones and wild herbs give way to medicinal wild berry fruits. It leaves the palate crisply refreshed with a bitter twang of citrus that lingers on. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023) — 2 years ago

Lini 910

Labrusca Emilia Lambrusco Rosé

Delectable Wine
9.0

The NV Rosé Labrusca lifts from the glass with a burst of tart cherries, roses and cloves. It soothes the palate with a silken bead of fine bubbles while displaying notes of wild strawberry and exotic spice. This keeps the energy high throughout the finale as a bitter twang punctuates the style nicely. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023) — 2 years ago

Chiara Condello

Romagna Sangiovese di Predappio 2019

Delectable Wine
9.0

The 2019 Sangiovese Romagna Predappio lifts from the glass with masses of dark red fruits, along with wild herbs, flinty crushed rocks and hints of dusty rose. It’s silky with a lifted and juicy personality, showcasing wild berry fruits and sage nuances. This leaves a staining of fine tannins, creating a structured and dry finale as hints of licorice slowly fade. The 2019 will take some time to come fully into focus. It’s refined for one year in a combination of tonneaux and large Slavonian casks. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023) — 2 years ago