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Il Farneto

Il Farneto Frisant Lambrusco Rosato 2022

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Style: Dry, light-bodied naturally sparkling rosé; the four-hour skin maceration on Lambrusco Grasparossa extracts enough color for a vivid pink-ruby hue and a light tannic presence without pushing the wine toward a full red; the ancestral method produces a gentle, persistent effervescence
Grapes & terroir: Lambrusco Grasparossa, the most structured and darkly colored of the Lambrusco subvarieties, named for its characteristic red stems at ripeness; organically and biodynamically farmed at 820 ft elevation on sandy clay and limestone soils in Castellarano, hand-harvested; no synthetic inputs
Winemaking: Hand-harvested; four hours skin maceration to extract color and light tannin; spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts; ancestral method — bottled during active fermentation; natural in-bottle re-fermentation; unfined, unfiltered; minimal sulfite additions
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve well chilled at 46–50°F; no decanting
Pairing: Gnocco fritto con prosciutto di Modena (traditional Emilian fried dough with cured ham)
Similar to: Lambrusco di Sorbara Rosato from Paltrinieri, ancestral-method Frappato Rosato from Sicily, Col Fondo Lambrusco from Emilia-Romagna

Il Farneto Frisant Lambrusco Rosato 2022 is a naturally sparkling dry rosé made from Lambrusco Grasparossa grown organically and biodynamically on Azienda Agricola Il Farneto's estate in Castellarano, Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. The vineyards sit at approximately 820 feet elevation on sandy-clay soils with limestone between the hills of Scandiano and Canossa. Four hours of skin maceration draws color and light structure before spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts. Il Farneto Frisant Lambrusco Rosato 2022 uses the ancestral method, with natural bottle re-fermentation creating the effervescence. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with minimal sulfites. 12% ABV.

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Producer profile

Il Farneto

Azienda Agricola Il Farneto was founded in the mid-1990s by Marco Bertoni in Castellarano, Province of Reggio Emilia, with a straightforward purpose: to produce natural wines while demonstrating that sustainable, environmentally respectful agriculture was viable and worthwhile in a region where industrial viticulture had dominated for decades. The estate covers 34 hectares in total, 8 of which are planted to vineyards, with the remainder consisting of woodland, fossiliferous gullies, and the naturally biodiverse terrain that characterizes this corner of the Scandiano-Canossa hills.

All vineyard work is carried out by hand. The estate has held biodynamic certification since its early years and applies biodynamic principles throughout the growing season: preparations derived from plant and mineral materials, work timed to the lunar calendar, and a commitment to building long-term soil vitality rather than managing short-term yield. Vines are planted at 4,000 per hectare — a density that encourages deep rooting and natural competition — on sandy clay soils with limestone at 820 feet elevation. The vines average 15 to 20 years of age and include a range of indigenous Emilia-Romagna varieties: Lambrusco Grasparossa, Spergola, Marzemino, Malbo Gentile, Malvasia, and Trebbiano Modenese, among others.

Winemaker Flavio Restani oversees cellar operations with the same minimal-intervention philosophy that Marco Bertoni established for the vineyards. All fermentations are spontaneous; no commercial yeasts are added. Wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered, with only small sulfite additions where judged strictly necessary. The wines are named in reference to the local Rio Rocca river, whose distinctive geological character and natural surroundings shaped the identity of the estate from the start.

The Frisant Lambrusco Rosato 2022 is part of a range that also includes the Frisant Bianco (Spergola), Frisant Rosso (Lambrusco Grasparossa), and the Giandon orange and red wines.

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Wine region

Emilia–Romagna, Italy

Lambrusco Grasparossa is the most firmly structured and deeply colored of the Lambrusco varieties, grown primarily in the hills and foothills south of Modena, centered on the commune of Castelvetro di Modena in the DOC Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro. Its name — graspa rossa, meaning "red stalk" — refers to the distinctive way the vine's stems turn a vivid red at harvest. It is a grape of the hillside rather than the plain, producing darker, more tannic, and more mineral wine than the Sorbara or Salamino subvarieties grown on lower-lying alluvial soils.

The Castellarano estate of Il Farneto sits at the meeting point of the Modena and Reggio Emilia provinces, between the hills of Scandiano and Canossa at around 820 feet elevation — high enough to benefit from meaningful diurnal temperature variation, which preserves natural acidity in the grapes and keeps alcohol in check even in warm vintages. The sandy clay and limestone soils at this elevation are well-drained and mineral-rich, giving Lambrusco Grasparossa grown here a flinty, stony backbone that distinguishes it from versions produced on the heavier, deeper clay soils of the plain.

Emilia-Romagna's relationship with Lambrusco is ancient — archaeological evidence of sparkling red wine production here goes back to Roman times — and the region's traditional practice of re-fermenting wine in bottle (the ancestral method) predates Champagne's méthode traditionnelle. The industrialization of the twentieth century largely replaced this tradition with pressurized autoclave production (Charmat method) for mass-market Lambrusco, but a growing number of producers in the Modena and Reggio Emilia hills have returned to the ancestral method as a way of producing wines with genuine character and connection to the territory. Il Farneto is one of those producers, using bottle re-fermentation on biodynamically farmed Lambrusco Grasparossa to make sparkling wines that reflect the specific hillside terroir of Castellarano.

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We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

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Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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