What are the best Italian rosé sparkling wines? Discover our list with photos, descriptions, and tastings of the best Italian rosé sparkling wines.
BEST ROSÉ SPARKLING WINES IN ITALY recommended by Jean Marco Palmieri
What are thebest rosé sparkling wines in Italy?
Discover the wines recommended byItaly’s Finest Wineswith our tasting so that everyone can find the ideal wine for their tastes and needs.
For further information, read the article dedicated to Classic Method Sparkling Wine.
Bagnadore Rosé 2011 – Barone Pizzini
Description: Fragrant and multifaceted nose that is articulated between raspberry, blood orange and reminiscences of viennoiserie.
The sip is tense, characterized by a strong acidity that gives freshness and rhythm, creating a pressing dialectic with a fine and material bubble that gives sensational volume and length to the palate.
Soft pressing, cold maceration of the whole grapes, fractionation of the musts, fermentation in barrique for 8 months followed by 128 months of bottle aging on the yeasts.
A Franciacorta Riserva of rare olfactory complexity, with an enveloping and expansive texture. Deservedly among the best rosé sparkling wines in Italy.
Region: Lombardy (Franciacorta)
Grape varieties: Pinot Noir 100%
Giulio Ferrari Rosé Riserva del Fondatore Trentodoc 2009 – Ferrari
Description: Clear notes of grapefruit and pomegranate seeds blend with hints of fragrant croissant embellished with hydrocarbon tones. In the mouth it is fresh and lively, supported by an iodine presence. Fruity finish of extraordinary persistence. Obtained from a careful selection of Pinot Noir grapes with a small percentage of Chardonnay depending on the vintage, harvested manually. Refines for 140 months on the yeasts.
Giulio Ferrari Rosé Riserva amazes us with its eloquent finesse of aromas and perlage with a sensational texture. Virtuous interpretation of rosé sparkling wine in Italy: fully among the best Italian rosé sparkling wines.
Region: Trentino
Grape varieties: Pinot Noir 80%, Chardonnay 20%
Annamaria Clementi Franciacorta Rosé DOCG 2012 – Ca’ del Bosco
Description: Clear hints of raspberry, redcurrant, melted butter and baking notes stand out. In the mouth it is broad, flattering the palate with an iodine trail well balanced by a strong acidic grip.
Obtained from Pinot Noir grapes from historic vineyards in Erbusco. After manual harvest and short cold maceration, the vinification in oak barrels with fermentation, malolactic and basic maturation lasts 8 months. Only the best Pinot Noir is selected for blending. After the second fermentation in the bottle, the wine rests on the yeasts at the Ca’ del Bosco cellars for at least 8 years.
A profound, eloquent wine with multifaceted aromas and bubbles with a silky and refined texture: an expression of unusual finesse.
Without a doubt among the best Italian rosé sparkling wines.
Region: Lombardy (Franciacorta)
Grape Varieties: Pinot Noir 100%
Franciacorta Rosé Brut ‘Flamingo’ – Monte Rossa
Description:
Rose water, wild strawberries mix with brackish and viennoiserie tones. On the palate it is soft and enveloping, savory and with continuous fruity and red fruit returns.
The crus are vinified separately, partly in stainless steel tanks, partly in barriques. At the end of the refinement period of the base wines, the definitive cuvée is created with 85% vintage wines and 15% reserve wines. The refermentation takes place in the bottle according to the Classic Method with a rest on the yeasts for 24 months
A Franciacorta that combines immediacy and complexity in a very convincing way. Lively and captivating, fully among the best Italian rosé sparkling wines for presence on the palate and retro-olfactory persistence.
Region: Lombardy (Franciacorta)
Grape Varieties: 40% Pinot Noir, 60% Chardonnay
Note d’Agosto Rosé Extra Brut– Alessio Brandolini
Description:
Delicate and refined bouquet, structured on notes of cranberries and raspberries embellished with fragrant bread crust. The sip explodes full and very soft, driven by a material perlage, a pleasant acid trail that leaves the mouth fresh and gratified. Long, lively and round finish.
Short maceration for 3/4 rosé colour, the wine matures with yeasts for 52 months, then is disgorged and dosed with its own wine.
A multifaceted and exciting wine: to be undoubtedly included among the best Italian classic method rosé sparkling wines. Excellent value for money.
Region: Lombardy (Oltrepò Pavese)
Grape varieties: Pinot Noir 100%
Spumante Metodo Classico Rosè Extra Brut ‘Molener 90 Lune’ Nicola Gatta
Characteristics: Delicate notes of strawberry grapes, candied orange peel and melted butter. The mouth is vertical, punctuated by a sharp acidity and a pleasant textural perlage, of excellent finesse which gives breadth and envelopingness to the sip. Savory finish of extraordinary persistence. 24-hour maceration and alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel and used barriques with indigenous yeasts, then refermentation in the bottle according to the champenoise method. It matures on the yeasts for 90 months.
The Classic Method Extra Brut Molener 90 Lune by Nicola Gatta is an artisanal wine of great olfactory eloquence and presence on the palate. Among the best Italian rosé sparkling wines for its unique and imaginative character
Region: Lombardy
Grape varieties:Chardonnay 70%, pinot noir 30%
‘Simona Natale’ Metodo Classico Rosé Dosaggio Zero 2018 – Gianfranco Fino
Olfactorily it is intense, broad and fresh with successions of elderberry, black cherry, and nuances of sweet spices, vanilla, melted butter and bread crust. On the palate it is rich, tense with great acidity embellished with a light note alternating between bitter and mineral which gives volume and rhythm in the mouth.
The wine ferments and refines in French oak barrels for 7 months, then undergoes refermentation in the bottle following the Classic Method. Subsequently, it matures for 36 months on the lees and a further 6 months in the bottle.
A wine with an imaginative nose of great olfactory eloquence, which is released on the rich, savory and voluminous palate and with sensational persistence. Virtuoso interpretation of Classic Method from Negroamaro grapes. Fully among the best Italian rosé sparkling wines for its original and territorial character.
Region: Puglia(Manduria)
Grape varieties: Negroamaro 100%
Farfalla Rosé Extra Brut Metodo Classico – Ballabio
Description:
Delicate small red fruits and rose water blend with chalky suggestions and fragrant croissants.
On the palate it is silky and lively, with an intriguing acid component that gives freshness and shades a savory-fruity finish of great harmony.
Ballabio’s Farfalla Rosé Extra Brut amazes us with its eloquent finesse of aromas and the persistence of its dense, silky bubbles. Fully among the best Italian rosé sparkling wines, value for money.
Region: Lombardy (Oltrepò Pavese)
Grape varieties: Pinot Noir 100%
Franciacorta Rosé Pas Dosé ‘Parosé’ 2016 – Mosnel
Description:
Delicate notes of raspberry and rose water mix with hints of viennoiserie and reminiscences of marzipan.
The sip is vibrant and enveloping, punctuated by a strong flavor that extends towards a finish in which a material bubble of great finesse is the protagonist. Refines for 60 months on the yeasts.
Fresh, tasty and juicy: a highly expressive label that does not give up elegance. Among the best rosé sparkling wines in Italy.
Region: Lombardy (Franciacorta)
Grape Varieties: 40% Pinot Noir, 60% Chardonnay
For England Rosé Pas Dosé Alta Langa DOCG 2017 – Contratto
Characteristics:
The aromatic picture is interesting and outlines notes of red currant and pomegranate synergistically linked to nuances of candied fruit and viennoiserie. The sip is expansive and intense: it envelops urgently, with a marked acidity and dense and elegant bubbles of rare persistence.
Contract’s ‘For England’ Rosé is a Classic Method Pas Dosé produced from grapes from a historic vineyard at over 700 meters above sea level, facing south-east. After a soft pressing and a brief contact with the skins, the vins clairs rest before blending. The second fermentation in the bottle lasts at least 48 months following the Classic Method.
Without a doubt among the best Italian rosé sparkling wines.
Region: Piemonte
Grape varieties: Pinot Noir 100%
Lambrusco Spumante Metodo Classico Rosé Brut 2018 – Cantina della Volta
Characteristics:
On the nose, strong notes of cranberries and candied cherries emerge, embellished with viennoiserie tones and sweet spices.
On the palate it is vibrant, supported by an offervescence characterized by light asperities and an almond finish. Overall coherent and intact in its harshness.
Soft pressing, fermentation in steel, rest for 6 months and refermentation in the bottle according to the Classic Method
Virtuous interpretation of Lambrusco di Sorbara in a Classic Method key, a wine with a territorial and modern character: deservedly among the best Italian rosé sparkling wines.
Region: Emilia Romagna(Modenese)
Grape varieties: Lambrusco di Sorbara
Spumante Millesimato Rosé ‘Riserva D’Antan’ 2009 – La Scolca
Description:
On the nose, strong notes of red currant, pomegranate seeds emerge, embellished with honeyed tones, candied fruit and fragrant notes of croissant. On the palate it is animated by lively savory sensations that envelop the sip towards a finish rich in fruity and mineral echoes. It refines on the yeasts for approximatelyten years.
A sensational Classic Method Rosé: great expressiveness and complexity of aromas. Certainly among the best Italian rosé sparkling wines.
Region: Piedmont (Gavi)
Grape varieties: Cortese, Pinot Noir
What are the best Italian Rosé Sparkling Wines?
What are the best Italian rosé sparkling wines? Choosing is an arduous undertaking, which however is inevitably subject to the limits of a subjective opinion, which as such, by definition, is deficient and arbitrary.
We have simply drawn up a list of our favorite interpretations according to our evaluations. However, it remains essential to underline that wine was not born as a status symbol, to be exhibited or shown off coram populo.
But to get excited and be shared in a genuine way with the people we love, connecting to contingent situations and the unrepeatable and intimate moments of our lives.
Therefore, we invite you to visit wineries and get to know the producers who produce wines in their uniqueness, so that you can discover and independently choose the wine that canbe counted among your personal favorite wines for you. If you have had the patience to read this far, I thank you for your attention, but now is the time to fill the glasses and cut off distant hopes, and therefore:
Cheers, Health, Santé
Jean Marco Palmieri
