5 wines for a Lana Del Rey playlist

The night is still. The sky is bruised. Your lipstick is smudged just right. There's perfume on your collar and something unfinished in your chest. Lana's playing. Obviously.

Here are five wines to match the melancholy, the glamour, the yearning: the you of it all.

1. Aged Barolo, for “Young and Beautiful”

Faded roses, tar and old books. Barolo is Nebbiolo from Piedmont, often called the king of wines: intense, poetic, unapologetically dramatic. Pale in the glass, enormous in the mouth, tannic like a love that won't let go. Pair it with existential glamour and a vintage slip dress.

2. Pét-nat rosé, for “Diet Mountain Dew”

Bubbly, flirty, totally unpredictable. Pét-nat, short for pétillant naturel, is bottled before its first fermentation has finished, so the bubbles come from that one fermentation. Slightly fizzy, often a little cloudy, a little funky, definitely trouble. Lana in her coquette-chaos era. Drink it on a rooftop while pretending the city is yours. More on pét-nat.

3. Sancerre, for “Video Games”

Crisp, cold and devastating in its simplicity. Sancerre is Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley: citrus, wet stone and silent heartbreak. It tastes like rain on the window and staring at someone too long. Minimalism, with depth. Which bottle? See the best Sancerre.

4. Chilled Lambrusco, for “Ride”

For the sad-girl summer. Fizzy, red and misunderstood. Lambrusco is sparkling red, mostly from Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy: dark cherry with a wild streak, from bone dry (secco) to sweet. Serve it cold. It wants to love you loud, even if it ends messy.

5. White Burgundy, for “Mariners Apartment Complex”

Elegant but emotional. Creamy but restrained. White Burgundy is Chardonnay from Burgundy, and this is your softest unravelling: whispered truths and second chances. Best paired with forgiveness, of them or of yourself.

The playlist at a glance

If Lana is your mood, let these bottles be your backing vocals: moody, lush and full of longing. Got a different playlist? Ask SOMM DIGI AI to pour for it.

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