Sparkling Wine – white

Raumland Secco Frizzante smells of peach and elderflower

The Secco Frizzante white is a semi-sparkling wine made from Bacchus, Kerner, Muskateller, and Scheurebe, to which carbonation is added in the cellar. Not a bottle-fermented sparkling wine, then, but an uncomplicated introduction to the Raumland sparkling wine estate's range.

Secco Frizzante white is the light semi-sparkling wine from the Raumland sparkling wine estate in Flörsheim-Dalsheim in Rheinhessen and belongs to the Raumland Manufacture line. Four white aromatic grape varieties are contained in the 0.75-liter bottle, harvested in September and gently vinified in stainless steel tanks. If you are looking for the Raumland Secco, you will find the white version with 10 percent alcohol here.

Herbal tartness meets white peach

On the nose, the Secco Frizzante smells of white peach and elderflower, with tart notes of herbs and spicy pome fruit lying underneath.

On the palate, of the 11.3 grams of residual sugar per liter, only a soft edge remains rather than an impression of sweetness, thanks to 6.9 grams of acidity with its straight pull. It is clear, precise, and finely juicy, with a perlage that caresses rather than pricks. The finish remains short and clean, just as a semi-sparkling wine should be.

The fragrance is contributed by the grape varieties themselves. Bacchus was bred in the 1930s in Alzey, less than twenty kilometers from Flörsheim-Dalsheim, and bears the name of the Roman god of wine. Kerner and Muskateller add the floral notes on top, while the Scheurebe provides the tart edge from below.

With pastries, with the grill, with the first glass

A semi-sparkling wine has less pressure on the cork than a sparkling wine and can therefore be opened early in the afternoon. It does not require a special occasion, but instead turns any random Wednesday evening into a small one along the way.

As an aperitif in the summer, this works well, because no one is expected to be solemnly silent here; the conversation should flow. It meets Italian pastries on equal terms, and it doesn't mind the roasted aromas of grilled food ranging from vegetables to fish.

Well-chilled at 6 to 8 degrees, it belongs in a wine glass with a bit of a bowl so that the peach and elderflower can rise at all. In a narrow flute, little of this fragrance would ultimately remain.

Why the Secco is not a sparkling wine

With Frizzante, the carbonation is not created through a second fermentation in the bottle, but is added to the finished wine in the tank. The pressure is therefore noticeably lower, and that is exactly what this light performance thrives on. A semi-sparkling wine does not need to be riddled or disgorged by hand either, which keeps it so accessible in price.

Volker Raumland has been bottling such semi-sparkling wines for decades alongside the great vintage sparkling wines, which spend at least 36 months on the lees. The Secco Frizzante does not need this patience; it thrives on the fruit of the young vintage and wants to be drunk young. If you make a good sparkling wine, you can also make a good Secco.

Volker Raumland founded his sparkling wine estate in 1984, and what grows here on 14 organically cultivated hectares usually ends up after years in the cellar as bottle-fermented sparkling wine. The Secco is the quick exception in a house that otherwise only knows patience. In addition to the white Secco, you will find the Rosé Frizzante made from red grapes, the Cassis Frizzante with blackcurrant juice, as well as other sparkling wines from Flörsheim-Dalsheim.