Prosecco Rosé Cuvée Mariana

About this wine

This Prosecco Rosé from Veneto is built on Glera with Pinot Noir, the classic blend required for Prosecco Rosé, and it shows in the wine’s pale salmon color and bright, upbeat personality. The nose opens with strawberry, cherry, rose petal, and peach, followed by a little orange peel that keeps everything feeling fresh. On the palate, the bubbles are energetic and smooth, carrying flavors of raspberry, white peach, blood orange, and a touch of watermelon. It feels juicy and easygoing, with enough floral charm to make it more distinctive than standard white Prosecco. Prosecco Rosé is still a relatively new official category, which makes bottles like this a nice glimpse at how Veneto’s most famous sparkling style has evolved while keeping its signature light, cheerful feel.

About the grape

Glera is the traditional Prosecco grape, with roots in the Veneto where it thrives on gravelly pebble soils and is often trained with Sylvoz or Doppia Cortina to balance vigorous growth and early September ripening. Pinot Noir, long grown in northern Italy as Pinot Nero, is the only red variety allowed in Prosecco Rosé and is used here in about a 15 percent proportion, typically picked earlier and given immediate light skin contact to yield the delicate pink color. The vines supplying this cuvée are commonly around 10 to 15 years old and grown at low elevations near Treviso and the Montello and Colli Asolani foothills, with controlled yields to suit Charmat method sparkling production. In this bottling Glera provides the aromatic and acidic backbone while Pinot Noir supplies color and a touch of structure, achieved by gentle pressing, rapid skin separation and fermentation in temperature controlled tanks before secondary fermentation in tank for the bubbles.

Quick facts

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cuvée Mariana is named as a family dedication—Mariana honors the Trivinia/Furlan families involved in launching the Ca’ Furlan label.
• 🌸 It’s a rosé Prosecco made by blending Glera with Pinot Noir, the one red grape specially permitted in the Prosecco DOC to create its salmon pink color.
• 🥂 Ca’ Furlan bottles Cuvée Mariana not only in 750 ml but also in unusual 200 ml single-serve bottles, making it a popular tiny-party bubbly.
• 🏛️ The cuvée sources fruit from the historic Montello and Colli Asolani hills near Treviso, a vine-growing area with roots back to Roman times.
• 🏅 On release Cuvée Mariana earned notable praise, including a 90-point score from major critics that helped boost its reputation as an excellent value bubbly.

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Producer

Ca' Furlan is an Italian winery founded by Alessandro Furlan, a seasoned wine industry professional from the Veneto region. After years of working at his family's vineyard in Friuli, Alessandro established his own label, Ca' Furlan, in collaboration with his friend Charlie Trivinia, owner of Regal Wine Imports. The name "Ca' Furlan" translates to "House of Furlan," reflecting Alessandro's deep roots in the historic wine regions of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto. The winery sources grapes from select vineyards within the Prosecco DOC, ensuring consistent quality and fresh flavors in their Prosecco, Prosecco Rosé, and sparkling Moscato wines. Notably, the wines are named in honor of women in the Furlan and Trivinia families, such as "Cuvée Beatrice" for Alessandro's daughter and "Cuvée Adriana" for his wife.