Sangiovese Rosé, Rubicone, Costa di Rose, Umberto Cesari 2025
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Why this wine
Emilia Romagna is better known for everyday reds than for serious rosé, and this is the exception: a single-vineyard Sangiovese pressed straight off the skins within the hour. It gives the range a genuinely pale, dry Italian rosé at an everyday price, made by an estate that has spent sixty years proving what Sangiovese can do. Crisp enough for the table, with just enough fruit to drink on its own.
At a glance
- Grape
- Sangiovese
- Region
- Emilia Romagna, Italy
- Alcohol
- 12.50%
- Body
- Light
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Drink now (1-3 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Salads, Cheese
How it tastes
Pale antique pink, with violet, wild strawberry and pomegranate on the nose. The palate is light, crisp and dry, refreshing rather than weighty. It finishes with a classic Sangiovese note of dried plum. Sangiovese 100%.
The producer
Umberto Cesari and his wife Giuliana started the company in Emilia Romagna in 1965, buying twenty hectares of hillside land with the ambition of turning Sangiovese into a great wine; the estate now runs to 355 hectares across eight named vineyards, is certified sustainable by SQNPI, and is in the hands of their son Gianmaria, having been named IWSC Italian Winemaker of the Year four times in the last fifteen years. The Sangiovese for this wine comes from the Podere Parolino single vineyard in IGT Rubicone, where vines of around ten years, trained on the Guyot system, sit on clay-rich sedimentary soils heavily eroded by wind and water. The bunches were gently pressed and the juice kept in contact with the skins for less than an hour to draw the pale antique-pink colour, clarified by gravity, fermented cool with selected yeasts and matured in stainless steel.
Food and drinking
Serve at 8-10°C. It works with grilled prawns, charcuterie, a tomato and mozzarella salad or a simple margherita pizza. Drink over the next one to three years; no decanting needed. Sealed with a technical cork. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.