Raina Umbria Rosato Peschiera 2024

A serious rosé from Syrah, macerated for hours rather than days and fermented spontaneously in an open wooden vat.

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Syrah, from south-east-facing guyot vines at 220m in Montefalco, Umbria, picked at the end of August specifically for rosé — an early, deliberate harvest rather than a byproduct of red winemaking.

Taste Profile: Brief skin contact keeps this pale and precise rather than deeply pink or fruity-sweet — think red berries and fresh herbs with real cut, closer to a serious Provençal-style rosé than an easy-summer pink.

Winemaking Process: Hand-harvested, then macerated on the skins for just 6 hours in the press before spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeast in an open, cone-shaped wooden vat. Aged 6 months in stainless steel on fine lees, then 2 months in bottle. Unfined and unfiltered; serve around 10°C.

Winemaker: Francesco Mariani is a chef as well as a vine grower, farming in Montefalco, Umbria alongside his friend and assistant Andrea Mattioli since 2002. Raina takes its name from the nickname of the previous owner of the field where they planted their first Sagrantino vines — a way of keeping the land's history tied to the wine. Ten hectares, farmed biodynamically between 220 and 300 metres above sea level, grow Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Montepulciano, Merlot, Syrah, Grechetto and Trebbiano Spoletino. In 2022 the estate left the DOC system altogether, choosing to bottle everything as IGT Umbria instead.