SENZA ALIBI

Senza Alibi — No Alibi — is the Montepulciano rosé of the Petrini estate: a wine of strong personality and gentle character simultaneously, combining the structural seriousness of Abruzzo's great red grape with the freshness and accessibility that rosé vinification achieves. The name carries the confidence of a wine that makes no excuses and needs no justification — it is what it is, and what it is is excellent.

Produced from 100% Montepulciano, Senza Alibi demonstrates the particular capacity of this grape to produce rosé of genuine character rather than merely pleasant pink wine. The Montepulciano grape's natural depth of colour and aromatic concentration — the same qualities that make it one of the most expressive Italian red varieties — translate in rosé form into a wine of stronger personality than the category's lightest expressions typically offer.

The wine presents with a delicate yet persistent aromatic expression — the balance between delicacy and persistence being one of the most valued qualities in serious rosé production, and one that the Petrini estate's ICEA-certified organic farming and minimal intervention philosophy reliably achieves. The velvet impression at tasting is one of the most distinctive qualities of this wine — a textural softness that the estate describes with accuracy and that the Montepulciano grape, managed with care in rosé vinification, delivers with consistency.

Senza Alibi is described by the estate as at the top of the charts in the rosé sector for its organoleptic richness — a claim supported by the wine's combination of aromatic depth, textural elegance, and the particular freshness that the Adriatic sea breeze and the coastal Abruzzo terroir consistently contribute to all the estate's wines. Best served chilled.

Available through UniqueWines. Fully carbon neutral.