| Type | Sparkling |
|---|---|
| Grapes | Nero d'Avola |
| Serving temp. | 6-8°C |
| Style | Delicate, elegant sparkling rosé |
| Food pairing | Aperitifs; seafood starters; seafood pasta; raw fish; light celebratory occasions |
Donna di Rose is among the most distinctive wines in the Tenute Cuffaro portfolio — a sparkling rosé produced from Nero d'Avola with extended maturation, combining the structural personality of Sicily's great red variety with the elegance and freshness that sparkling wine production at its best can achieve. It is a wine that occupies a specific and confident position in the landscape of Italian sparkling rosé: serious in its production, characterful in its expression, and genuinely versatile at the table.
The Nero d'Avola grape is not one that many producers would choose as the basis for a sparkling rosé — it is a grape of substance and warmth, more naturally inclined toward structured reds and still rosés. But the Cuffaro family's long experience with this variety on the Scala dei Turchi plateau — where the microclimate of constant ventilation and the humus-rich soil produce grapes of natural balance — has allowed them to understand exactly how to handle it in this less expected context. The extended maturation that distinguishes Donna di Rose contributes both the complexity and the persistence of bubble that elevate it above the category average.
In the glass, the wine presents with a delicate blush pink hue of genuine prettiness — the colour of rose water rather than the deeper pink of heavier rosé expressions. The perlage is persistent and fine. The nose is an attractive composition: subtle floral notes of rose, fruity notes of wild strawberry and pink grapefruit, and herbaceous nuances of tea leaves and mint that add an unexpected but entirely pleasing dimension of complexity.
On the palate, Donna di Rose reveals its structural seriousness: the harmonious interplay of acidity and minerality that is the signature of the Scala dei Turchi terroir, refreshing and persistent in equal measure. The finish is clean and inviting — a wine that encourages the next sip as naturally as the last. Its versatility at the table is genuine: equally suited to aperitifs, to seafood starters and pasta, to raw fish preparations, and to the kind of light, celebratory occasions that call for something beautiful in the glass.
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