{"title":"Paltrinieri","description":"\u003cp\u003eLambrusco di Sorbara is the most delicate and aromatic of the Lambrusco family, a pale, vivacious red grown on a narrow alluvial corridor between the Secchia and Panaro rivers north of Modena. Few estates have done more to restore its reputation than Cantina Paltrinieri, a four-generation family winery that has been farming the same land since 1926 and staking its identity entirely on this single, singular variety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlberto's grandfather Achille Paltrinieri founded the estate in 1926. His father Gianfranco continued for decades, expanding the reputation of the property in the Cristo di Sorbara subzone. In 1998, Alberto and his wife Barbara Galassi took the reins as the fourth generation, making the pivotal decision to focus exclusively on mono-varietal Lambrusco di Sorbara at a moment when the variety was largely overshadowed by the broader, cheaper Lambrusco di Lambrusca blends flooding supermarket shelves. That bet has paid off: Paltrinieri is now regarded by critics and importers as the definitive reference point for the grape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/paltrinieri\"\u003ePaltrinieri producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lambrusco-radice-paltrinieri-natural-wine","title":"Paltrinieri Lambrusco Radice 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eRadice is 100% Lambrusco di Sorbara from Paltrinieri's Il Cristo vineyard, a 15-hectare holding in the narrowest strip of land between the Secchia and Panaro rivers north of Modena. The soils are sandy and chalky alluvial deposits at around 25 meters elevation. Grapes are hand-harvested in the second half of September.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an ancestral method wine: the must is gently pressed without maceration and fermented in stainless steel with native yeasts, then bottled mid-fermentation so the second fermentation and bubble development happen entirely in the bottle. There is no disgorgement and no dosage. The wine is sealed with a crown cap and left cloudy with lees sediment in suspension, which gives it a faintly turbid, salmon-pink appearance and a fine, persistent perlage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nose leads with grapefruit, wild strawberry, and wild rose. On the palate it is dry and electric, with pomegranate and green apple peel driving the finish. As you work toward the bottom of the bottle, lees contact adds a bread-crust quality. Acidity is the defining structural feature: piercing and clean. ABV is 11%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaltrinieri is considered by many critics and importers to be the benchmark producer of Lambrusco di Sorbara. Radice earns this reputation by doing something technically demanding in a region where the easy path is the Charmat method: putting the work of bubble-making inside the bottle, then leaving the wine exactly as it is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paltrinieri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38191028535495,"sku":"paltrinieri-radice-2032","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/paltrinieri-radice-lambrusco-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186451"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/paltrinieri.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}