Rosato Di Scalabrone
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Traditional Tuscan seafood stew, assorted Italian cured meats and crostini, or grilled Mediterranean vegetables.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the prestigious Tenuta Guado al Tasso estate in the coastal Bolgheri region of Tuscany, Antinori's Scalabrone Rosato is named after a legendary 19th-century bandit, a Robin Hood-like figure who once roamed the local hills. This distinctive rosé is crafted from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah, reflecting the modern, international spirit of Bolgheri's terroir. The vineyards benefit from a mild maritime climate and clay-loam soils, which impart both richness and refreshing acidity to the grapes. To preserve its vibrant fruit character, the wine undergoes a brief maceration on the skins followed by fermentation and short aging in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, resulting in a bright, cherry-pink rosé with expressive aromas of wild berries, herbs, and subtle spice.
🍾 About the Producer
Marchesi Antinori is one of the world's most storied winemaking dynasties, tracing its commercial viticultural heritage to 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori matriculated into Florence's Arte dei Vinattieri. Spanning twenty-six generations, the family revolutionized modern Italian viticulture under Marchese Piero Antinori and legendary enologist Giacomo Tachis, catalyzing the Super Tuscan revolution with the pioneering release of Tignanello in 1971. Antinori commands an unrivaled tapestry of microclimates across Central Italy, encompassing the galestro and albarese marls of Chianti Classico at Tenuta Tignanello and Badia a Passignano, the maritime gravels of Bolgheri at Guado al Tasso, and the fossiliferous clay-limestone soils of Umbria at Castello della Sala. In the cellar, CEO and chief enologist Renzo Cotarella orchestrates a balance of precision, clonal selection, and judicious French oak barrique maturation. Antinori's benchmark wines—including the Sangiovese-driven Tignanello, the Cabernet-dominated Solaia, and the benchmark Umbrian Chardonnay blend Cervaro della Sala—stand as definitive monuments of Italian winemaking refinement.
🍇 Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Petit Verdot