Bellotti Rosso Semplicamente Vino, Biodynamic wine, no added sulphur, Barbera, Dolcetto, wild, fresh, alive and just a little bit funky! A deliciously fresh red wine, bursting with natural vivacity, dark and crunchy red fruits, notes of spice, chewy tannins and a lingering finish with just a note of funky earthy yeastiness. Delicious natural wine from one of the pioneers of biodynamics in Piemonte. Enjoy this with a freshly made, proper Margherita Pizza, slightly chilled on a warm evening.
Stefano Bellotti began as an eighteen year old in 1977, reclaiming the family farm where there was less than 1 hectare of vineyard in existing use. He began working organically from the beginning, and introduced biodynamic methods in 1984. The wines of Degli Ulivi are pure and natural, made without manipulations.
Terrific wine with lots of character. Lambrusco like - but not as fizzy and with more complexity.
Why would you drink a frizzante red wine on a cold December evening with snow on the ground and barely enough light in the day to see past the end of the garden? Well you might for reasons of nostalgia as I did. Rob described this wine as young and a little wild and that it may be drunk cool from the fridge. I haven’t drunk “fizzy red” since wild parties in the late 1960s when Lambrusco was as cheap as Hirondelle and Liebfraumilch, and about as appetising as Watney’s Red Barrel. All of it was consumed in the interest of approaching girls without fear, and to facilitate Mick Jagger imitative dancing on the developing R&B club scene ( “……I’m gonna tell ya how its gonna be….”. ). Truly the bad old days as far as the drinks went ( lager-and -lime and vodka-and-lime are two other abominations that come to mind) ……on the other hand I was young and wild and so were the girls so it wasn’t all bad news….we were cool then, but not from the fridge! This was a fresh fruity lively number …drunk with spaghetti, with mushrooms cream and bacon sauce, and finished over some Yarlsberg cheese with Nairn’s multi-seeded GF biscuits.
Tasty, yes and a little wild……....and cool.
Brilliant wine, probably not technically correct but great vivacity and character. It would be great if there were more wines that had such personality.
Richard – 29/03/2018
A very interesting wine with lots of flavour and length. Very moreish and I'd buy again. Despite the crown cap not sparkling.