The uncertainty about the origin of the word “Lambrusco” has given rise to two interpretations: according to the first one, the name derives from “labo” (I take) and “ruscus” (which pricks the palate), referring to its being “brusque”, a typical trait of young wines; according to the second interpretation, the most accredited, the name instead derives from “labrum” (field margin) and “ruscum” (wild plant), thus referring to the spontaneity with which the plant grew marginally in the vineyard and to the consequent randomness of its discovery.