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Ca' de Noci

Ca' de Noci Sottobosco Frizzante 2023

Name: Ca' de Noci Sottobosco Frizzante 2023
Brand: Ca' de Noci
SKU: cadenoci-sotto
Price: 35.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

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Style: Light to medium-bodied, dry frizzante red with fine natural effervescence, forest fruit character, savory tannins, and refreshing acidity; built for the table rather than aperitivo
Grapes & terroir: Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco di Montericco, Malbo Gentile, and Sgavetta; grown in clay-loam and limestone soils along the Crostolo river at 150 to 230 m elevation in the Reggiano hills; vines up to 35 years old; certified organic
Winemaking: Hand-harvested; destemmed; 10 to 15 days skin maceration; spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts; 6 months in stainless steel and cement tanks; secondary fermentation in bottle (ancestral method); no disgorgement, no dosage, no added sulfur; bottled unfiltered
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 46 to 50°F; pour gently to manage sediment, or decant briefly; no extended decanting required
Pairing: Piadina Romagnola with cured meats and soft cheese
Similar to: A dry, artisanal Lambrusco di Sorbara or a natural frizzante red from the Colli Piacentini

Ca' de Noci Sottobosco Frizzante 2023 is a natural sparkling red wine produced by brothers Alberto and Giovanni Masini on their certified organic estate near Reggio Emilia, in the hills of Emilia-Romagna. The blend draws on four indigenous varieties: Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco di Montericco, Malbo Gentile, and Sgavetta, grown in clay-loam soils along the Crostolo river at 150 to 230 meters altitude. Grapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, and macerated on the skins for 10 to 15 days before spontaneous fermentation. Ca' de Noci Sottobosco Frizzante 2023 undergoes a natural secondary fermentation in bottle with no disgorgement, no dosage, and no added sulfur, resulting in a dry, lightly sparkling red with fine natural sediment.

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Producer profile

Ca' de Noci

Ca' de Noci, which translates as "house of walnuts" in the local dialect, is a small family estate located roughly 25 kilometers south of Reggio Emilia, where the Apennine foothills begin to rise from the Po Valley. The winery takes its name from the walnut trees that have stood on the property for generations. The vineyards were first planted in 1970 by Vittorio Masini, a professor of agriculture with a focus on native varieties. Vittorio chose to plant Spergola, Malbo Gentile, and rare Lambrusco biotypes at a time when most growers in the region were abandoning such varieties in favor of higher-yielding, more commercially viable options.

In 1993, Vittorio's sons Alberto, an architect, and Giovanni, an agronomist and enologist, took over direct management of the estate, converting fully to certified organic farming and beginning to vinify their own grapes. That first year, in a garage beneath the family home, they produced their inaugural bottling of Riserva dei Fratelli, a méthode traditionnelle sparkling wine from Spergola. The estate now manages approximately 5 hectares divided into two main parcels: the lower vineyards around the house, planted with Spergola and Malvasia, and a hillside parcel in Broletto, added in 2003, planted with Malbo Gentile, Sgavetta, and Montericco on calcareous Apennine soils.

Ca' de Noci works without herbicides, pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or added sulfur. All fermentations are spontaneous, and all wines are bottled unfiltered. The Sottobosco is the only red in the lineup and the estate's interpretation of the ancestral Emilian tradition of sparkling red wines made from indigenous varieties. It has been produced continuously since the late 1990s.

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Wine region

Emilia–Romagna, Italy

The hills between Reggio Emilia and Modena in Emilia-Romagna form one of the most historically significant wine-producing areas in northern Italy, and the ancestral home of Lambrusco. Unlike the mass-produced, semi-sweet versions that dominated export markets for decades, traditional Lambrusco from this area was always dry, lightly sparkling, and deeply tied to the region's food culture. The grapes used at Ca' de Noci reflect this older tradition: Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco di Montericco, Malbo Gentile, and Sgavetta are all indigenous to the hills of Reggio Emilia and Modena, and several nearly disappeared during the twentieth century as cooperatives shifted toward high-yield, internationally recognizable varieties.

The vineyards around the Crostolo river valley sit at elevations of 150 to 230 meters in the foothills of the Apennines, where clay-loam and limestone soils produce grapes with more structure and mineral tension than those grown on the flat plains of the Po Valley below. The Apennine foothills provide a cooler, more diurnal climate than the valley floor, preserving natural acidity in the fruit and allowing slow, steady ripening. This is the terroir that historically gave Emilian sparkling reds their defining combination of red fruit, fine tannin, and savory character.

Because Ca' de Noci's vineyards fall outside the delineated DOC Lambrusco zones, their wines are classified as IGT Emilia Rosso rather than under a named Lambrusco DOC. This is not unusual for estate producers in the region who work with non-standard blends or are geographically adjacent to, rather than within, the official appellation boundaries.

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