Rated 88 - The 2020 Bertarose Rose shows a pale pink, almost onion skin color in the glass. This blend of 75% Molinara and 25% Merlot is perfumed and spicy, offering dried apricot, peach and a pungent whiff of fresh ginger. It’s soft and soothing, but it doesn’t bring the energy or intensity that its bouquet leads you to expect. Instead, the Bertarose tapers off fresh to mineral-tinged orchard fruits and pretty florals. - Valpolicella

Bertani Bertarose Chiaretto 2020 750ml Italy Veneto

A lychee-pink color. Fresh aromas of pomegranate and redcurrants with notes of white flowers. Decisive on the palate, good body and good balance between acidity and tanginess. Excellent length. Perfect as an aperitif, it also goes well with salads, delicate-flavored pasta dishes and white meat. Blend: 75% Molinara and 25% Merlot

Bertani Bertarose Rose

Pineapple aromas all day long tinged with hints of peach and pear greet you on the nose. On the palate these carry over with lively added notes of melon and mint with a hint of apricot. The palate has a nice leanness running through to balance the round juicy mouthfeel, making this a very refreshing pink wine.

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Bertani Bertarose Rose 750ml

RNDC A lychee-pink colour Fresh aromas of pomegranate and redcurrants with notes of white flowers Delicate balance on the palate between body and acidity Excellent length

Bertani - Bertarose Chiaretto 2021

Fresh aromas of pomegranate and redcurrants with notes of white flowers. Decisive on the palate, good body and good balance between acidity and tanginess. Terrific mineral finish. Excellent length. Perfect as an aperitif, it also goes well with salads, delicate-flavored pasta dishes and white meat.

Bertani Bertarose 2020

Fresh aromas of pomegranate and redcurrants with notes of white flowers. Decisive on the palate, good body and good balance between acidity and tanginess. Excellent length. - Valpolicella