The uncertainty regarding the origin of the word “Lambrusco” has given rise to two interpretations: according to the first, 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, which is 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.