Rosa Regale Rose
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh seafood appetizers, light summer salads with berries, and soft cheeses like goat cheese or brie.
✨ Technical Specifications
In the rolling hills of Piedmont, Banfi's historic Strevi estate crafts the Rosa Regale Rosé, a vibrant sparkling wine that builds upon a legacy of romance. Legend holds that ancestral precursors to these Piedmontese sparkling wines were prized by Cleopatra's lovers, Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, who presented them to the Egyptian queen as symbols of passion. This modern rosé expression elegantly blends classic varietals such as Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a touch of aromatic Brachetto. Produced using the Charmat method to capture the peak of youthful fruitiness, the wine undergoes secondary fermentation in pressurized stainless steel tanks. This preserves the delicate aromas of wild strawberries, raspberries, and white flowers, reflecting the clay and limestone-rich soils of the Monferrato hills.
🍾 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