Leonia Rose
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Smoked salmon appetizers, roasted shellfish, or classic Italian charcuterie boards.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic Castello Pomino estate high in the cool, breezy hills of Tuscany, Leonia Rosé is a Metodo Classico sparkling wine that pays tribute to the audacious spirit of Leonia Frescobaldi. In the late 19th century, Leonia courageously planted French varieties like Pinot Noir on these Tuscan slopes, earning a gold medal at the 1878 Paris Exposition. Crafted primarily from Pinot Nero, this elegant rosé undergoes secondary fermentation in the bottle and spends extensive time aging on its lees. The unique high-altitude terroir of Pomino imparts a vibrant acidity and refined minerality, beautifully balancing the wine's delicate notes of wild strawberry, pomegranate, and toasted brioche.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its viticultural origins to 1308, Marchesi Frescobaldi is an iconic Florentine noble dynasty that has shaped Tuscan winemaking across thirty generations. Spanning celebrated historical holdings—including Castello Nipozzano in Chianti Rùfina, Castello Pomino, Tenuta Castiglioni, CastelGiocondo in Montalcino, and the social viticulture initiative on the penal island of Gorgona—the family stewards diverse terroirs ranging from galestro-rich hills to cool-climate Apennine elevations. Frescobaldi practices certified sustainable viticulture under Tuscany's AgriQualità protocol, tailoring canopy management and soil stewardship to site-specific conditions. In the cellar, their philosophy honors regional typicity while embracing technical precision, vinifying with calibrated temperature control and aging across fine-grained oak barriques and traditional casks. The portfolio showcases an expansive spectrum of expressions: high-elevation Chardonnay and Pinot Nero in the pioneering Pomino Benefizio Riserva and Leonia Brut sparkling wines, mineral-driven Ansonica-Vermentino field blends from Gorgona, alongside age-worthy, structured Sangiovese icons such as Nipozzano Riserva and CastelGiocondo Brunello di Montalcino.