Pasqua 2019 Prosecco Rosé Extra Dry - The Début of a Category

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Pasqua 2019 Prosecco Rosé Extra Dry 11% $16
Ballet slipper pink, this newly minted Prosecco Rosé DOC comes with a label featuring photographer Giò Martorana's 20-foot shot of the wall leading to Juliet's house in Verona that features love notes. The bottle is as striking as the love graffiti on the label - rather squat with low shoulders. The Famiglia Pasqua certainly knows how to differentiate its wines on shelves. They have a knack for cutting-edge packaging. 

The wine smells of rosebuds and tinned peach salad with the palate sugar-dusted strawberry hulls and rhubarb. It's rather sugar-sweet on the attack then it turns tangy and tart on the back palate. The two blend together well enough on the palate, but there's a slightly acrid, diet soda-like finish. Still, there is solid fruit on the finish suggesting there is good underlying material here. The foamy bubbles are plentiful and persist with fervor until the last drop. P.S. This is Glera with 10-15% Pinot Nero, per DOC requirements.
Drink: 2021-22