After such sage advice from this group, I come home tonight to find that
Jean has made lasagne Bolognese and chilled the Rinaldini Lambrusco
Grasparossa "Vecchio Moro." Not being one to put her off any
inspiration, I assented to the choice and we opened it

nose: initially grapey, turning more savory in an herbal vein with time
palate: vivacious, firm mousse, crisp acidity, slightly off-dry, fine
grained tannins

Indeed, this is fun wine! I remind Jean of the Riunite of her youth,
and we both agree that there is no family resemblance whatsoever to this
wine. As the bottle sits open, it goes from very grapey to a more
savory and subdued wine with herbal overtones. If anything, it gets
drier with time, too.

Fun, fun, fun!
Mark Lipton
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Mark Lipton wrote:

> After such sage advice from this group, I come home tonight to
find
> that Jean has made lasagne Bolognese and chilled the Rinaldini
> Lambrusco Grasparossa "Vecchio Moro." Not being one to put her
off
> any inspiration, I assented to the choice and we opened it
>
> nose: initially grapey, turning more savory in an herbal vein with
> time palate: vivacious, firm mousse, crisp acidity, slightly
off-dry,
> fine grained tannins
>
> Indeed, this is fun wine! I remind Jean of the Riunite of her
youth,
> and we both agree that there is no family resemblance whatsoever
to
> this wine. As the bottle sits open, it goes from very grapey to a
> more savory and subdued wine with herbal overtones. If anything,
it
> gets drier with time, too.
>
> Fun, fun, fun!

Glad you enjoyed it, Mark. I had one just yesterday and I'm loving
it. It's got just the level of tannins I like in a Lambrusco.
Nowadays it is increasingly easier to find more tannic lambrusco
bottles, some are IMHO way too tanninic (or tannic?).
One guesses where all this tannin is coming from... Anyway,
lambrusco is a wide playing field, today there's a really wide range
of options in its name.
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