Her Mir Tage

9.3

Valentini Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Tasting Note

Region & Grape: Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC, Abruzzo, Italy. Made from 100% Montepulciano. I picked this bottle at a steakhouse in Florence and served it blind to friends. It cost €110, about 10% below the international price. Production is very low, and unfortunately only the new vintage was available.

Aroma: Highly complex. Notes of wild strawberry, cherry, and rose petals, along with this wine’s signature unique perfume note—a friend described it as the pink Miss Dior, full of girlish charm—intertwined with herbs and wet stone minerality.

Palate: Full-bodied, with bright acidity and fine tannins. The finish shows distinct saline minerality and a slight almond-like bitterness, with a long aftertaste.

This wine is very difficult to identify blind. A legendary “cult” rosé from Abruzzo, extremely well made. Far from a simple, easy-drinking rosé. Valentini owns nearly 70 hectares of vineyards, but each year selects less than 5% of the fruit for winemaking; the remaining over 95% is rejected and sold off for failing to meet the standard. This extreme selectivity means the estate’s total annual production is only about 30,000 bottles, and the Cerasuolo rosé follows the same principle. I plan to hunt down some older vintages to drink. — 11 days ago

Jeanette Bangs

9.3

Fabulous Rosé — 7 months ago

Jonathan Warren

9.8

Love it. Earth, leather, red fruit, an absolute fucking stunner — 9 months ago

Gwendolyn Smith

9.1

Love total wine — a year ago

Lauren Goetz

9.0

Absolutely love! — 4 years ago

Guillermo Gonzalez

9.1

Bellísimo. To my chagrin, not Cerasuola the Sicilian blend but Cerasuola d’Abruzzo (Montepeluciano). Still - rusty red, fruit punch jolly rancher with herbs and lot of effervescence. Like the native yeast here. Another out of mold rose. Enjoying end of summer at in laws pool with Farottos. — 5 years ago

J Choi

9.4

At Jake. Soft rounded. But full. Light rouge. Very nice. — a month ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.2

Light orange colour. This rare rosé is everything but the poolside pink we all see everyday in summer.
Pomegranate, rhubarb, bloodorange, wild flowers, touch of matchstick or volcanic rocks. Lots of structure and length, bitterness (Campari!) and acidity in the aftertaste.
This is something special for the adventurous wine-geek, and certainly not for everyone’s palate. — 2 months ago

Tegan Marriott

9.2

Give this wine some breathing room! Possessing characteristics include watermelon 🍉 salinity,tangy cherry, orange bitters & struck match. Revisiting tomorrow to analyze. — 8 months ago

Ted

8.9

Nice summer wine. — a year ago

Jeff Christner

9.2

2022 still solid sipper! 12.5% — 2 years ago

Alex Gordon

9.1

More dark fruit and juice than the Frappato. I love it. Tasty and fun, juicy with a little pepper / volcanic pop at the finish. — 5 years ago

Annie A.

10

NYE! Used decanter and delish! Bought at Dedalus $25ish — 6 years ago

Jay Kline

8.9

Popped and poured; no formal notes. Juicy and red fruited with some eastern spices and more than decent structure. A fantastic compliment to pizza but would work well with a variety of food. Drink now through 2034. — 18 days ago

Brian Hearty

9.4

2016. Sour cherry, earth, leather, and a hint of VA. Paired perfectly with local charcuterie and the final round of the Masters. — 6 months ago

Brian Lenich

9.0

JSN recommendation — 7 months ago

Michael Chelus

9.1

Cherry, raspberry, currant, cranberry and pomegranate. Light-bodied and moderate tannins. — 10 months ago

Lucy Leer

9.3

A dark rose, chilled. So fresh but with the depth of a red. Not at all sweet - yum! — 2 years ago

Joe Fischer

9.0

Planeta tasting!!! Very nice!!! A nice blend that gets u both red and dark fruits. Nice finish. — 4 years ago

Allison Lyzenga

9.3

Medium ruby; medium plus intensity aromas of black cherry, dried red cherry, luxardo cherry, floral perfume, intense vanilla, baking spices; dry, medium plus acid, medium ripe tannins, medium alcohol, medium plus intensity flavors consistent with aromas; long finish, flavors very intense and concentrated, very well balanced, outstanding — 6 years ago