This Bonarda based Italian wine is a red "frizzante", meaning a slightly fizzy wine.  It's not a full fledged sparkling wine.  It fizzes for a few seconds when poured, sort of like a club soda, but quickly loses its "fizziness".  I picked up this wine at an on-line auction for 3 dollars.  Full retail is about 18 dollars.  I imagine most discount wine shops would have it in the ten to twelve dollar range.

The wine itself is a light-medium ruby color.  It has  pleasant cherry and earthy notes, and finishes light.  It is not a sweet wine.  It's sort of like a beaujolais spritzer.  This would be a great outdoor summer daytime wine, or a nice wine to serve with appetizers that are too delicate for a heavy red wine, but too meaty for a white wine.  It might also pair well with "prosciutto y melon", Hawaiian poki, salmon or tuna carpaccio, or a seared ahi appetizer.  You get the idea.  I would not pair it with most meat entrees.  It's not a real complex wine, but a nice change of pace.

3 stars

 

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