Hey , it's Domain Dave , CheapWineFindercom , welcome . We got another wine review today . We wrote it up on the CheapWineFindercom website , so if you want to read it , it's over there . This is a wine I found for $8.99 , though it was $8 off . Why , I don't know . Maybe it was end of the bin type of thing , but it's the Le Monde Sparkling Pinot Nero Rosé . It's a brute wine , meaning it's not sweet . Le Monde means the world . Like I said , it's an estate wine .
Speaker 1It's from Frulli , which is in the northeast section of Italy . You go any further east and you're in Slovenia . You go north , you're in Austria . The same general area is mostly a white wine region . This is kind of in the area where all the Pinot Grigio is from , in the area where all the Pinot Grigio is from . So a bubbly Pinot Noir or Pinot Nero is a little bit out of the usual , but not too much . I'm going to take a sip .
Speaker 1Pinot Noir in France
is one of the two main grapes of champagne . This is not made like a champagne . This bubbly is made in the Charmette method , which is how they make Prosecco . You ferment the wine the first time and then you transfer the wine to a large pressurized vat . It's got a hood on it , it'll lock down . Add the measured amount of yeast , measured amount of sugar , lock the hood down , turn the pressure up and after in this case , 20 days , you get the bubbles , will incorporate into the wine . The fermentation process second time releases CO2 . The CO2's got nowhere to go but incorporate into the wine . The fermentation process a second time releases CO2 . The CO2 has got nowhere to go but back into the wine . And there's the bubbles . And after 20 days it holds , they turn the pressure off , or at least maybe just a little lightly , for another 60 days just to get the wine to settle and you bottle it .
Speaker 1So this is a bubbly made with champagne style grapes but made in Prosecco style .
So how does it taste ? It's light and it's delicate . It's got that kind of acidity that makes you want to reach for the next sip before you really think about it . I mean , you're taking that sip and you haven't actually said I need another sip . I'm going to pour a little more in my glass because I am sipping it a little bit more than I should . Or maybe not that I should , but the acidity's got a hold on me . Or maybe not that I should , but this sooty's got a hold on me . It's got cherry maybe more rather than fresh cherry , maybe cherry hard candy . It's got a little brioche . It's got a little bit of raspberry and those type of things , plums , but all light and delicate flavored . It's got maybe a little bit of minerality to it .
Speaker 1This isn't maybe I don't know if this is a wine that you would necessarily pair with something . A lot of times you can pair a bubbly with , I mean , an interesting salad or cold shrimp or you know , white , a white fish of some sort white pasta . I don't know if I'd do it with this one , but I mean , just because the flavor is so delicate , it might not stand up to whatever you're having . I mean , I imagine there are things you can have that it will stand up to . But this is a sipper . It's got very , very tiny bubbles . I read somewhere that you can tell about the quality of a bubbly I use bubbles by the size of the bubbles . The tinier they are , the better integrated there is and the better the wine is produced . And this has teeny , tiny bubbles , though even like the worst bubble he has tiny bubbles .
Speaker 1I'll take another sip . So it's Le Mans Sparkling Pinot Nero Rosé . You're going to have to look in your
Italian wine section . This is not one of the ones you're going to see on the end caps , and they might not have it everywhere , though I think they have enough of this out there and it's a really interesting specialty . You can find it at $8.99 .
Speaker 1Like I did , it's an interesting sparkling wine . I mean , it's just a summer sipper , I mean it's . I don't normally have champagne with meals , but you know , so though this one doesn't lend itself to that , it's perfectly fine , but the more I sip it and the more the city makes me want to sip it , the better I sip it , and the more the city makes me want to sip it , the better I like it . Delicate , refreshing man , that's what a bubbly is supposed to do , isn't it ? So
? The Le Monde Sparkling Pinot Nero Rosé , and it's kind of cool . So there you go . This is Domain Dave CheapWineFindercom . Like us , re-lock your podcast . I've got an actual California Pinot Noir coming up in a couple of days . So , adios , keep it cheap , and I'll be talking to you . Goodbye .