Medici Ermete Concerto Lambrusco Reggiano 2025
£12.75
The wine
A sparkling red bursting with aromas of vibrant strawberry, raspberry and a touch of cherry. Dry and fruit-forward on the palate, with a rounded, refreshing character and harmonious balance. The wine that made the estate famous.
Concerto was first made in 1993 and is generally credited with beginning Lambrusco's revival after decades of sweet industrial exports had ruined its name. Lambrusco Salamino is one of the finer varieties in the family, named for the salami-like shape of its bunches, and it gives more structure than most.
The producer
Medici Ermete
View all Medici Ermete winesMedici Ermete have made Lambrusco at Reggio Emilia since 1890, four generations of the same family, and they have done as much as anyone to rescue the wine's reputation.
That reputation needed rescuing. Lambrusco was exported in vast quantities through the 1970s and 80s in sweet, industrial form, and a generation came to regard it as a joke. The truth is rather different: Lambrusco is not one grape but a family of at least a dozen distinct varieties, it is native to Emilia, and made dry it is one of the most useful wines in Italy with the region's rich food. The acidity and light tannin cut through fat in a way still wine cannot.
Concerto, first made in 1993, is the wine generally credited with beginning the revival. Most Lambrusco is made by the Charmat method in tank; the estate also produces bottle-fermented versions, which is considerably more demanding.
