Sangiovese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Tomato-based pasta dishes, grilled chicken or pork, and classic margherita pizza.
✨ Technical Specifications
Named for the 'blood of Jupiter' (Sanguis Jovis), Sangiovese is Italy's most celebrated red grape. While historically famous in Tuscany, Pasqua coaxes a wonderfully warm, sun-kissed expression from this variety in the southern region of Puglia. Here, the grape thrives under the intense Mediterranean sun, tempered by cooling Adriatic sea breezes. Grown in clay and limestone soils, Pasqua’s Sangiovese Puglia is crafted to highlight fresh, vibrant fruit. Fermented in stainless steel to preserve its youthful energy, it offers a softer, rounder profile than its northern cousins, bursting with red cherries, wild berries, and a touch of rustic spice.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in Verona in 1925 by the Pasqua brothers, Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine has evolved across three generations into one of the Veneto's most daring and innovative producers, epitomized by its self-styled 'House of the Unconventional' philosophy. Anchored in Valpantena and eastern Valpolicella, the estate's primary vineyards—including parcels around Mizzole and the Cecilia Beretta research property—span clay, limestone, and volcanic basalt soils at altitudes of 200 to 350 meters, cooled by Alpine breezes from the Monti Lessini. Viticulture blends certified Equalitas sustainability with targeted certified organic vineyard management. Winemaking marries classical Venetian techniques with bold experimentation, balancing traditional appassimento regimens with contemporary multi-vintage blending. Benchmark releases include the flagship Amarone della Valpolicella Mai Dire Mai, the multi-vintage Bianco Veneto Hey French, 11 Minutes Rosé, and the Passione e Sentimento range, alongside expressive single-varietal expressions of Garganega, Corvina, and international cultivars.