Villa Cialdini, Pignoletto Sparkling Brut Modena
Vintage: 2024
| Vintage | Product Code | Format | Closure | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | VC202B24 | 6 x 75 | Agglomerated Cork | Available |
Producer
Villa Cialdini is the main house of Azienda Agricola Castelvetro, an estate southeast of Modena that has been owned by the Chiarli family since 1860. Brothers Anselmo and Mauro Chiarli, who manage the family company, started the Castelvetro project in 2002. Their idea, which would be ambitious today, let alone in 2002, was to build a state-of-the-art winery and produce top-quality Lambrusco. They spent a year renovating the winery and began production using the property’s old vineyards in 2003.
The Villa Cialdini estate comprises 70 hectares, of which 52 are planted under vine on the undulating, alluvial deposits typical of the Padana plain. The main grape variety here is Grasparossa, the lower-yielding and more concentrated clone of Lambrusco. The resulting Lambrusco is deeply coloured, frothing, dry and structured while retaining the pronounced fruitiness cut by lovely acidity, which has made Lambrusco such a mainstay in the restaurants of Modena and Bologna.
From the same vineyards comes the local sparkling white, Pignoletto, an ancient grape variety from Emilia Romagna, also known as Grechetto Gentile. This variety produces a fruity, refreshing sparkling wine.
Vineyards
The Pignoletto vines are cultivated on the hills between Modena and Bologna. The 7 hectares vineyards are located at an altitude up to 200 metres above sea level, in optimum conditions to produce a white wine with a delicate nose and good structure. The gradual slopes are formed of clay and calcareous soil with a slightly alkaline pH. The clones are obtained from a mass selection of the company’s ancient vineyards; these are traceable back to the Grechetto Gentile varietal which was introduced in the area around 1400 AD. The vines are 15 years old planted at a density of 4,000 vines/ha. They are trained to Geneva double curtain.
Vintage
The 2024 vintage began with a cold and wet winter but was followed by a humid and hot summer. This combination created the ideal growing conditions for Pignoletto grapes and resulted in a harvest of great quality.
Vinification
The grapes were harvested both by hand and machine, then immediately crushed and destemmed. Only the freshest must was selected, clarified and cold-stabilized immediately after harvest. Maceration lasted a few hours at controlled temperatures. The first and only fermentation occurred at controlled temperatures and with selected yeasts in stainless steel Charmat tanks.
Tasting Notes & Technical Details
This wine is straw yellow in colour with youthful highlights. There are distinctive aromas of pear and white flowers, enhanced by the wine's fine and persistent bubbles. It has a bright acidity on the palate with a characteristically refreshing, fruity finish.
Alcohol (ABV)
12%
Other wines from this producer
Producer | Wine | Product Code | Features | Style | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Cialdini | Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro | VC201 | SpR |