Rosa Regale Red
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate desserts, fresh strawberries and raspberries, and fruit-based tarts or mild blue cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted from 100% Brachetto grapes grown in the La Rosa vineyard within the historic town of Acqui Terme in Piedmont, Italy, Banfi's Rosa Regale is a legendary sparkling sweet red. According to historical lore, both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony presented gourds of this aromatic, aphrodisiac nectar to Cleopatra to win her favor. Banfi revitalized this ancient style using the Charmat method to capture the grape's natural, intense aromas of wild strawberries, fresh raspberries, and Bulgarian red roses. The clay and silt soils of the Piedmont hills impart a delicate minerality that perfectly balances the wine's natural sweetness and soft, persistent effervescence.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1978 by Italian-American brothers John and Harry Mariani alongside consulting enologist Ezio Rivella, Banfi transformed the viticultural landscape of southern Tuscany. Centered around the medieval fortress of Castello di Poggio alle Mura in Montalcino, the estate spans over 2,800 hectares, with approximately one-third under vine. The soils present a complex mosaic of calcareous clay, sand, and marine deposits along the Orcia and Ombrone river valleys, exposed to warm Mediterranean breezes and balanced diurnal shifts. Pioneers of rigorous Sangiovese clonal zoning, Banfi has expanded beyond Montalcino into classic regions across Tuscany and Piedmont. Certified sustainable under the Equalitas standard, the producer combines technological precision with meticulous parcel selection. While renowned globally for benchmark Brunello di Montalcino, Banfi exhibits equal dexterity across diverse white and sparkling expressions, ranging from traditional-method Alta Langa and Cuvée Aurora sparkling cuvées to coastal Vermentino like La Pettegola and crisp, mineral-inflected Cortese from Piedmont.
🍇 Grapes
100% Brachetto