Dubl the Selosse, Double the fun?

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lars makie

lars makie
I just saw a picture of a bottle with the label DUBL on it that the person attributed to Selosse. Innerestin'. Never heard of that one before. Off to Google one goes. Found a press release (that's very press release-y) on some joint's Facebook page:

"Taken from the Daily Wine News

Producer News
Sorbo Serpico (Avellino), Campania
November 24th

[...] the Feudi di San Gregorio estate has always been at the forefront of innovation with respect to the cultivation of the regions native varietals. The most recent endeavor, a successful partnership that began in 2004 with notable Champagne producer Anselme Selosse, of the Jacques Selosse estate, to create a new line of perlage made in Irpinia, named Dubl. These elegant spumanti from the South have a distinct personality, very different for their traditional alpine counterparts, and are vinified in the metodo classico using Falanghina and Greco in purezza for the Dubl Falanghina and Dubl Greco, while Aglianico with a touch of Fiano for the Dubl Rosato.

The unprecedented Aglianico project will be conducted in collaboration with the department of viticulture and enology of Milan's Universit Statale and Universit Federico II of Naples and will have the main objective to research the DNA of the varietal cultivated in the production of Taurasi DOCG (considered the Barolo of the South), Taburno and Aglianico del Vulture DOCsthree distinctive territories characterized by black volcanic, white limestone and red clay respectively with very different climatic conditions producing wines of very distinct taste and aromatic characteristics."

So, anyone had this? Sharon? Levi? Thoughts? Could be pretty cool.
 
Interesting. Last time I visited Anselme, he was talking about making a sparkler in the Jerez region. He thought the grapes (iirc he wanted to focus on palomino) and terroir would be ideal for a sparkler made with the Methode Champenoise.
 
originally posted by Arno Tronche:
Interesting. Last time I visited Anselme, he was talking about making a sparkler in the Jerez region. He thought the grapes (iirc he wanted to focus on palomino) and terroir would be ideal for a sparkler made with the Methode Champenoise.
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France, Italy, Spain... Maybe someone can get him to come to Michigan. Diversify!
 
I had the Feudi Greco Spumante that won Tre B a couple years ago. It was decent enough. It sounds as if they have decided to do some repackaging of that project. It wasn't DUBL at that time. The whole sparkling wine undertaking at Feudi has been under constant reevaluation, leading as it did to the split in the family between the brothers. The brother that envisioned the idea of sparkling there ended up leaving the fold and starting his own winery.

As I understand it, bubbles in the Campania is a fairly new idea. The first I know of was De Conciliis. Bruno told me that he is at a crossroads with his own project: should he aim for higher end and higher prices (Franciacorta like), or compete on the low end with Prosecco? It sounds like Feudi took the first route.
 
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