FUSO Denny Bini, Spuma! Lambrusco Frizzante NV

100% Lambrusco di Sorbara

Emilia-Romagna, Italy 

FARMING: Certified organic by ICEA (Certification ID #ITBIO006H2718)
VINEYARD: 7 ha. 
ALTITUDE: 110 m / 360 ft
SOILS: Sand and limestone
VINE AGE: 5 and 15 years old
VINE TRAINING: Doppia Cortina
HARVEST DATE: Second half of September
YEASTS: Native
FERMENTATION & ÉLEVAGE: Spontaneous for 15 days without temperature control in stainless steel tanks. The second fermentation happens in the bottle in the spring and it takes place within 30 to 60 days and adding must from the same vintage
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: Yes
SULPHUR: 20 mg/L total added
ALCOHOL: 11%
ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 1,500 cases

If you’re an acid-head, and also like lasagna, there’s no better grape to look for in Emilia-Romagna than Sorbara. Long considered the more mineral-driven and less fruity Lambrusco grape, Sorbara makes sparkling wines that are racy - tingling with unripe red fruits. SPUMA is bottle fermented from our friend Denny Bini. Generations ago,
according to Denny, it was always a bit of a revelation for farmers going down into the cellar to see if a bottle of their fermented wine would actually undergo secondary fermentation, and had the fizz or spuma ooze out. If it did, one declared Spuma! in anticipatory celebration of something fizzy for a meal or aperitivo.

FUSO is a project to search for and bottle Italy’s natural and characterful daily drinkers. These wines come from farmers and producer friends who are committed to organic viticulture, low-intervention, and terroir-driven wines.