Il Farneto

Il Farneto Giandon Rosato 2023

Name: Il Farneto Giandon Rosato 2023
Brand: Il Farneto
SKU: farneto-giandonrosato
Price: 25.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$25.00

Style: Dry, light-bodied still rosé with a vivid, deep-pink hue; the short skin maceration on a blend of red and white varieties gives this wine texture and red-fruit intensity beyond what most conventional rosés offer; fresh, direct, and food-friendly from release
Grapes & terroir: Malbo Gentile, Lambrusco, Marzemino, and Spergola; biodynamically farmed on sandy clay soils with limestone in Castellarano, Reggio Emilia province; 250 metres elevation; 4,000 vines per hectare; average vine age 15–20 years
Winemaking: Hand-harvested; two to three-day skin maceration on mixed red and white varieties; spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and concrete; bottled unfiltered with minimal sulfites added only for transport stability
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 50–55°F; no decanting; works beautifully chilled as an aperitivo or throughout a meal
Pairing: Prosciutto di Parma

Tasting notes

Deep, vivid pink with mauve highlights. The nose is expressive and fruit-forward, with tart red cherry, wild strawberry, pink grapefruit, and a faint herbal note. On the palate, fresh and dry with lively acidity, light phenolic texture from the skin contact, red currant character, and a clean, tangy finish.

Food pairings

Prosciutto di Parma, Japanese salmon sashimi, margherita pizza, grilled trout, summer salads, tagliere di salumi, Vietnamese rice paper rolls.

Product description

Il Farneto Giandon Rosato 2023 is a dry still rosé produced by Marco Bertoni and winemaker Flavio Restani at Azienda Agricola Il Farneto in Castellarano, between the hills of Scandiano and Canossa in western Emilia-Romagna. The blend of Malbo Gentile, Lambrusco, Marzemino, and Spergola is grown on sandy clay soils with limestone at around 250 metres elevation, farmed using certified biodynamic methods. The grapes are hand-harvested and undergo two to three days of skin maceration before fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel. Il Farneto Giandon Rosato 2023 is bottled unfiltered with minimal sulfites. Emilia IGT.

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Rosé
Wine Style:, Light Body
Grapes:, Malbo Gentile
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, 2022
Alcohol:, 12%
Country:, Italy
Region:, Emilia–Romagna
Appellation:, Emilia IGT
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Low Sugar, Zero Added Sugar

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Il Farneto Giandon Rosato 2023

$25.00

Producer profile

Il Farneto

Azienda Agricola Il Farneto was established in the mid-1990s by Marco Bertoni in Castellarano, a hill town in the province of Reggio Emilia between the ridgelines of Scandiano and Canossa. Marco's founding purpose was to bring natural, sustainable agriculture back to a zone that had been dominated by industrial production for decades. The estate covers 34 hectares in total, of which 8 are planted with vines, with the remaining land occupied by woods, wheat fields, vegetable gardens, and animals. Il Farneto operates as a closed biodynamic ecosystem, with Marco growing crops, raising animals, and using their by-products to prepare the biodynamic preparations that feed the soil.

Biodynamic farming was adopted from the early 2000s onward and the estate holds formal certification. Vineyards are densely planted at 4,000 vines per hectare on sandy clay soils with limestone at around 250 metres elevation. Varieties include indigenous grapes: Lambrusco Grasparossa, Spergola, Marzemino, Malbo Gentile, Malvasia, and Trebbiano Modenese. All vineyard work is done by hand. Winemaker Flavio Restani oversees the cellar, where fermentations are spontaneous and the wine sees no fining or filtration. Minimal sulfites are added only for transport stability when necessary.

The wines carry the "Rio Rocca" or "Giandon" names, both referencing local geographical features: the Rio Rocca is a nearby river known for its distinctive fossil-bearing rock formations, while "Giandon" is a dialectal Emilian expression. Labels in the range cover still rosé, red, orange, sparkling pét-nat, and ancestral method whites.

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Wine region

Emilia–Romagna, Italy

Emilia-Romagna stretches across northern Italy from the Po plain in the north to the Apennine Mountains in the south, bordered by the Adriatic Sea to the east. The region is best known internationally for Lambrusco, the sparkling red wine that dominated export markets in the 1970s and 1980s before a long period of industrial overproduction damaged its reputation. In recent years, a new generation of producers has been restoring the variety's credibility by returning to traditional methods, dry styles, and genuine terroir expression.

Il Farneto is located in Castellarano in the province of Reggio Emilia, in the Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa DOC zone. This area lies in the foothills of the Apennines at elevations of 200 to 350 metres, where the soils shift from the heavy clays of the Po plain to sandier, more limestone-rich substrates that provide better drainage and vine stress. The continental climate here brings warm summers and cold winters, with diurnal variation across the hillside sites that preserves freshness and acidity in the fruit. The estate is surrounded by woods and fossiliferous gullies that support remarkable biodiversity, a landscape Il Farneto actively manages as part of its biodynamic farming approach.

Emilia-Romagna's indigenous varieties are diverse and well-suited to the territory's varied soils. Malbo Gentile, Marzemino, Lambrusco, and Spergola — the varieties in the Giandon Rosato — are all traditional to the province, though they are rarely found assembled in a single rosé blend outside of artisanal producers in the area. The region also holds a strong tradition of sparkling winemaking, from Lambrusco pét-nats to the more structured Metodo Ancestrale wines produced by estates like Il Farneto.

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