Stufanello. Lambrusco 'Bruce'

Vino Frizzante Rosso
Grape: Grasparossa

Vibrant, energetic, bitter forest-fruit flavours, bone dry with a controlled froth.  Lovely balance, a genuine wine that is a sheer joy. 12.5%

Tenuta Stufanello producer page

Bruce is part of a new wave of Lambrusco producers, that take their inspiration from the pre-industrial, artisan wines.  In doing this they tap directly into the zeitgeist that is ‘the natural wine movement’.  
Marco’s grapes are hand-picked, de-stemmed and crushed before a spontaneous fermentation with skins, for 5 days, then decanted off the skins.  There is no temperature-control, no punching-down or pumping-over.  The prompt to bottle the wine is when malolactic conversion* has finished.  An analysis is made to see if there is enough natural sugar for the second fermentation, or if reserved must* needs to be added.  The second fermentation is complete after 2 months.  It is released unfiltered, with no sulphur added.
The 2022 was picked at the end of September, a yield of 7hl/ha, giving about 40hl which was an average-to-good quantity year.