100 Best Italian Rosé is Luciano Pignataro’s free online guide to the best rosé wines in Italy. For twenty years, Pignataro has been dedicated to promoting Italian wine. Curated by Antonella Amodio, Chiara Giorleo, Adele Granieri, and Raffaele Mosca, the guide includes one hundred labels to provide clear guidance to consumers. After an initial nationwide screening, samples are requested for a blind tasting conducted by the four curators.
The 2024 edition of the guide featured our “26 Agosto” 2022 rosé, which, with its unique characteristic of being produced with all the grapes in the vineyard, both white and red, as was once done, convinced the curators to include it among the excellent wines https://www.100bestitalianrose.it/vini-eccellenti/.
The typical aromas of our rare grape varieties, Impigno, Francavidda, and Minutolo, which make up 70% of the blend, characterize the olfactory profile, while the softness and sinuosity on the palate come from the red berries, in particular the Ottavianello, which also gives this rosé a slight spiciness, typical of its primary aromas.
Perfect for pairing with a full meal, this rosé promises to age well: the previous vintage, 2020, in fact, underwent a surprisingly positive evolution in the bottle and is now a wine with a more intense color, more intense aromas, and more complex flavors. This debunks the common misconception that rosé wines should only be drunk young.
