Andrea Occhipinti Alea Rosa 2019, Aleatico rosé from Lazio, Italy
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Andrea Occhipinti Alea Rosa Aleatico 2019

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Tasting notes

Dry Aleatico rosato is genuinely rare — the DOC rules here only allow sweet and fortified styles, so Occhipinti declassifies entirely to make this wine on his own terms. The nose is intensely floral and fruity (rose water, wild strawberry, licorice), but the palate snaps back with volcanic minerality and bracing acidity that keeps everything focused and food-friendly. More info

  • Organic
  • No Added SO2
BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Wild StrawberryRoseLicoriceCrushed Rock
Dry/Sweet: Dry
Wine Type: Rose Wine
Wine Style: Medium Body
Grapes: Aleatico
Farming: Organic
Vintage: 2019
Alcohol: 12.5%
Country: Italy
Region: Lazio
Appellation: Vino da Tavola (Aleatico di Gradoli DOC zone)
Bottle Size: 750ml
Sugar Level: Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

Andrea Occhipinti

Andrea Occhipinti (no relation to Arianna Occhipinti of Sicily) is based in Gradoli, a small village on the western shore of Lake Bolsena in northern Lazio. He studied agriculture at the University of Tuscia in nearby Viterbo and became so focused on the indigenous varieties of the Gradoli zone that they became the subject of his master's thesis in 2004. After graduating, he purchased approximately 4 hectares of vineyards planted in the 1990s on the volcanic slopes above the lake, at around 450 meters above sea level. His annual production is approximately 20,000 bottles across all wines.

Occhipinti works exclusively with the two indigenous varieties of the area: Aleatico di Gradoli (a local strain of Aleatico considered slightly more delicate and spicier than Tuscan versions) and Grechetto Rosso. All viticulture is certified organic; harvest is done by hand with low yields. He was among the first producers in Italy to vinify Aleatico as a dry table wine — both as a red (Alea Viva) and as a rosato (Alea Rosa) — departing from the region's long tradition of sweet and fortified Aleatico production.

Winemaking is low-intervention throughout. For the Alea Rosa, grapes are macerated overnight on the skins until spontaneous fermentation begins with ambient yeasts, then pressed and aged in open-topped cement vats. No sulfur is added during vinification; minimal SO2 only at bottling. Vinifications across the range also make use of stainless steel and clay amphora depending on the cuvee. Production of the Alea Rosa is approximately 2,000 bottles per vintage.

Wine region

Lazio, Italy

Lake Bolsena sits in the province of Viterbo in northern Lazio, roughly an hour north of Rome and about 15 minutes from the Tuscan border — a subregion historically called Tuscia. The lake occupies the center of the ancient Vulsino volcanic district, and the surrounding hillsides are blanketed in soils made up of lapilli, tuff, peperino, volcanic ash, and basaltic material. Vineyards on the western and northwestern shores sit at elevations between 400 and 600 meters above sea level, where the lake's moderating influence creates a windier, cooler mesoclimate with meaningful diurnal temperature shifts that preserve grape acidity.

The Aleatico di Gradoli DOC, established in 1972, covers the municipalities of Gradoli, Grotte di Castro, San Lorenzo Nuovo, and Latera on the northwestern side of the lake. The DOC allows only sweet, passito, liquoroso, and liquoroso riserva styles — all require a minimum of 95% Aleatico. As of 2017, only around 3 hectares of Aleatico di Gradoli vineyards were in active production, making it one of the smallest wine zones in Italy. Producers making dry table wine from Aleatico — as Occhipinti does — must declassify to Vino da Tavola. The broader Lazio region produces red wine in small quantities relative to its white wine output; the Lake Bolsena area is one of the most active zones for low-intervention red and rosé production.

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