Rosato di Carmignano DOC is the pink version of the Carmignano DOCG red wine. It is made in the same delimited geographic area and from the same blend and yield (10 tonnes per hectare) as authorised for Barco Reale di Carmignano DOC: 50-100% Sangiovese, 0-20% Canaiolo, and 10-20% Cabernet Franc and/or Cabernet Sauvignon. Rosato di Carmignano is a wine of ancient Carmignanese tradition and its history is linked to local sharecropping, whereby Carmignano Rosato is also referred to locally as ‘Vinruspo’. This latter name derived from ‘vin ruspo’ meaning ‘stolen’ from the Italian verb ruspare, to steal.

Under the mezzadria (tenant farmer or share cropper) system the share croppers could deliver the last picking of the day overnight, keeping it at home until the following morning. As the grapes would have been lightly crushed to get more into the picking container, a small amount of lightly coloured free run juice formed at the bottom of the tub. The peasants would keep this juice and ferment into wine. The name for this unofficial sharecropper’s right. became known as “Vin Ruspo”meaning  “free-range” or “stolen” wine).

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Certified organic: Fattoria Ambra.

No certification: Castelvecchio. | Podere Alloco. | Tenuta di Artimino.