Freixenet Italian Sparkling Rosé N.V.
A brand of Freixenet, not an estate
- Grapes
- Glera, Pinot Nero, Corvina
- Region
- Veneto
- ABV
- 11%
- Drink
- Now to 2028
Freixenet's off-dry Italian sparkling rosé blends Veneto Glera with Pinot Nero and Corvina by the Charmat tank method. Light and fizzy at 11%, it leads with strawberry and raspberry over crisp apple. An easy aperitivo fizz, widely stocked near £13.
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How Freixenet's Italian rosé actually tastes
Red berries lead: strawberry and raspberry, ahead of apple, peach and a touch of citrus, with the white flowers and ripe apples Freixenet itself describes. It is light, soft and fizzy, with 15 grams of sugar a litre, the Extra Dry level, leaving gentle sweetness at 11% alcohol.
- Tasted by
- ItalianWines editorial
- Tasted on
- 12 July 2026
- Source
- Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Aromas of fresh strawberry and raspberry lead. Behind the fruit sit crisp apple and a lift of white blossom, the red fruits, white flowers and ripe apples Freixenet itself picks out. A faint citrus edge frames the top.
Light and soft, with a gentle fizz that is its signature. The 15 grams of sugar a litre, the Extra Dry level, leave a touch of sweetness carrying strawberry and ripe apple, while fresh acidity keeps it clean. At 11% it stays delicate rather than weighty.
The tank method leaves a short, fruity finish rather than the toasty length of a bottle-fermented fizz; it closes on strawberry, apple and a citrus tang.
An easy, off-dry Veneto sparkling rosé, and a well-liked one. Freixenet built it as the rosé counterpart to its Prosecco, and it drinks as an uncomplicated red-berry aperitivo fizz best served cold and young.
What you pay for a Freixenet Italian rosé
In the UK the non-vintage rosé sells for around £12.99 a 75cl bottle, and it is widely stocked as a branded supermarket fizz. It is well liked and consistent, so you are buying reliability rather than a rare cuvée. The striking cut-glass bottle is part of the pitch, aimed at gifting and the celebration table.
Other vintages and formats: 2 price lines
20cl · NV: £3.95, 1 UK retailer
Magnum 150cl · NV: £25.96, 1 UK retailer
Where this Freixenet rosé fits, and where it does not
Read it as an easy, everyday sparkling rosé built for aperitivo hour and casual celebration, not the cellar. It scores well for beginners and for value at around £13, and low for ageing: a tank-method non-vintage is made to drink now.
Off-dry, low-tannin and red-berry-forward at 11%, it is an approachable, easy introduction to Italian sparkling rosé.
Affordable, light and easy to find, it is a low-stakes everyday fizz for the fridge door.
The cut-glass bottle and celebratory rosé style suit toasts, parties and aperitivo hour.
At around £13 it is a competent, widely stocked and well-liked branded rosé, solid value if not a grower bargain.
Fine fizz and an off-dry frame, 15 grams of sugar a litre, flatter aperitivo, fried and shellfish plates, though the light body limits it with robust mains.
A tank-method non-vintage built to drink fresh within a year or two, with no ageing upside.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
Why there is no vintage on the label
This is a non-vintage blend, made by the tank method for a consistent house style rather than year-to-year variation. Because it is bottled for freshness, drink it young: chill to 6-8°C and open within a year or two of buying. There is no ageing upside to holding it.
- Best price
- £10.96
- Retailers
- 4 in stock
- ABV
- 11.0%
- Window
- Drink now through 2028
A non-vintage Charmat-method blend released for a consistent house style, best drunk within a year or two of release rather than aged.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Aperitivo fizz for fried, fresh and briny plates
The off-dry frame and fine fizz make this an aperitivo wine first. Bright acidity cuts fried Arancini and lifts an Insalata Caprese, while its 15 grams of sugar a litre balance briny Impepata di cozze. Keep it away from fierce chilli heat, which flattens the delicate red-berry fruit.
Fresh acidity for tomato and mozzarella
The wine's fresh acidity and fine fizz cut through creamy mozzarella and lift ripe tomato, echoing Freixenet's own Caprese suggestion. The red-berry fruit sits happily beside basil and olive oil.
Try with: Insalata Caprese · More pairings →
Fizz to scrub the fried crust
Carbon dioxide and bright acidity scour the oil from a fried Arancino and reset the palate between bites. At 11% the wine stays light enough not to pile on weight.
Try with: Arancini · More pairings →
Off-dry sweetness meets briny mussels
The 15 grams of sugar a litre, the Extra Dry level, leave a whisper of sweetness that balances the salt of mussels, while citrus and apple keep the match fresh. Low tannin means nothing clashes with the shellfish.
Try with: Impepata di cozze · More pairings →
Red berry bridges cured pork
Strawberry and raspberry aromatics meet the sweet-salty edge of the prosciutto and salumi served with Gnocco fritto, a nod to Freixenet's Prosciutto e Rucola suggestion. The fizz refreshes between bites.
Try with: Gnocco fritto with prosciutto and salumi · More pairings →
Light body for aperitivo hour
Light, soft and fizzy, the wine suits delicate aperitivo plates rather than rich mains. It slips alongside a fig, walnut and goat's cheese salad, the producer's own suggestion.
Try with: Fig, walnut and goat's cheese salad
Fierce chilli heat flattens it
A delicate, low-tannin, off-dry rosé is overwhelmed by fiery chilli, and its touch of sugar makes the burn worse rather than cooling it. Keep it away from the spicy salami of a Pizza Diavola or heavy nduja.
Skip with: Avoid with Pizza Diavola and nduja · Pairing guide →
Peak around 2026. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
Pour it straight from the bottle.
A tank-method non-vintage built to drink fresh within a year or two, with no ageing upside.
£10.96 for a 75cl bottle, at Slurp, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
The sources behind these notes
Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 29 Oct 2026, 04:12 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.
Confidence · HighThe name on the label is a brand of Freixenet, not the estate that grew the grapes. Freixenet is the brand of Freixenet, the Spanish sparkling wine house wholly owned by Henkell Freixenet since 2026, which sells these wines in its own Italian range. How we tell estate, shop and brand labels apart.
Confidence · HighDrawn from published drinker ratings, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumCommon Questions
No. Freixenet describes it as an Italian sparkling rosé that goes beyond Prosecco. It is a non-vintage Veneto spumante, whereas Prosecco Rosé DOC must be a vintage-dated wine made from Glera and Pinot Nero, so a non-vintage blend cannot carry the Prosecco name.
It is a blend of Glera with Pinot Nero, and Freixenet's UK sheet also lists Corvina. The Glera gives the soft fizz and orchard fruit, while Pinot Nero and Corvina add the pink colour and red-berry lift.
It is off-dry. Freixenet lists 15 grams of sugar a litre, which falls in the Extra Dry band, so there is gentle sweetness balanced by fresh acidity. Expect strawberry and apple rather than a bone-dry finish.
Serve it as an aperitivo or with light, fried and shellfish plates. It works with Insalata Caprese, Arancini, Impepata di cozze and Gnocco fritto; the fizz and off-dry frame cut fried crust and flatter briny mussels.
Chill to 6-8°C and serve it young. As a non-vintage Charmat-method sparkling it is built for freshness, so drink within a year or two of buying rather than cellaring it.
In the UK it sells for around £12.99 for a 75cl bottle. It is a widely stocked, well-liked branded fizz.
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