Prosecco Rose - pale pink, fresh, dry and delicious - perfetto!

TECHNICAL

VINEYARD

Fruit is sourced from vineyards located in San Martino al Tagliamento near Pordenone in the province of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

WINEMAKING

Glera fruit was picked at 10 Baume and fermented in stainless steel vats to produce the base wine, blended with Pinot Nero sourced locally in Friuli. Charmat method is used for secondary fermentation, and the wine remaining on lees after to build further complexity.

TASTING

Fine and persistent perlage, bouquet is full of fruity notes that recall raspberry and blackberry. Beautiful clean, crisp but not overly dry finish.

WINE REVIEWS

Italy only recently approved the Prosecco Rose D.O.C. in May of 2020, and Babo were one of the first to import one to Australia. The 2020 is a blend of 89% Glera and 11% Pinot Nero and is brut in style with 8 grams of residual sugar. It’s lovely pale salmon and copper hued colour is an enticing start. Aromas of rosewater, musk, strawberry coulis, peach, tangerine, and a glimmer of sea salt. A tingling mousse brings foamy lift through the palate, and there’s a lovely bite of bitterness intermingling with peach skin, rosewater, musk, and brine. A chalky texture with grippy phenolics furthers the bitter edge, attractively so, before peach and tangerine fruit carry long with a brisk acid line. This is bright and fresh with lovely tang, and a gastronomic nuance.
92 points