Tavernello
Tavernello Lambrusco
Emilia IGT
85% Lambrusco, 15% Other
8
Tasting Notes
Bright ruby red in color. Intense fruity and yeasty aroma with a well-balanced bouquet. A fresh, sparkling wine, with a mellow taste and pleasant finish of red fruits.
Cultivation
The grapes used to create this wine are hand and machine harvested, followed by de-stemming, pressing, and contact with the skins for eight days.
Vinification
Fermentation takes place in 300-600 hl tanks at 16-19°C over eight days, followed by a second fermentation, which lasts for 15 days.
Aging
The wine is stored in stainless steel tanks for up to three months before being bottled at a pressure of 2.5 bar. The final wine contains 42 g/l of residual sugar.
Caviro, Italy’s leading wine group, was founded as a farming cooperative in 1966 in the heart of Emiglia-Romagna. Their mission is to enhance winegrowers’ grapes in a territory with a rich wine identity. Since their founding, the group has grown to include 13,000 winegrowers across seven Italian regions.
Tavernello is Caviro’s flagship brand and is the number-one wine brand in Italy. The excellent value of Tavernello comes from combining generations of Italian tradition with modern winemaking techniques. Enjoyed by Italian families for over 30 years, the wines are approachable varietals and blends that celebrate and represent the Italian lifestyle. The exceptional quality and value for money makes Tavernello’s wines ideal everyday drinkers.
As a cooperative, Caviro is dedicated to sustainability with the vision of managing the land so it can be passed onto future generations. They have received leading sustainability awards, including Equalitas Certification as a sustainable wine producer (Italy’s leading certification for wine) and Premio Impresa Ambiente for best management for sustainable development, which takes into account their environmental, economic, and social impacts. 100% of the electricity used by the Caviro Group is green, self-produced from renewable sources, and certified by the Energy Resources Consortium. They are also number-one in Italy for waste water recovery. A holistic and dedicated approach to economic, social, and environmental sustainability adds even more value to a glass of Tavernello.