IGT Rose

Frescobaldi Alìe Rosé

Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi
Grapes
Syrah, Vermentino
Denomination
Toscana IGT
Region
Tuscany
ABV
12%
Drink
Now to 2028

Frescobaldi's coastal Tuscan rosé from Tenuta Ammiraglia, a Syrah-led blend with a splash of Vermentino. Pale pink and dry, with grapefruit, wild strawberry and a salty, stony lift. A crisp aperitivo rosé, widely stocked in the UK from about £15.

Best price
£14.00 Save 13%

2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery charge shown at checkout

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Where to buy Frescobaldi Alie Rose

£14.00 best price · 6 retailers in stock · checked 25 Oct 2026

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XtraWine Best price Save 13% 2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery charge shown at checkout
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£14.00 was regular price £16.00 £18.67/L
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Great Wines Direct Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery £7.95, min 6 bottles
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£17.32 £23.09/L
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Vino.com Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129 Code WINE6R8T: £17 off your first wine order with £180 minimum spend, until 13 Jan 2028
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£17.70 £23.60/L
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Svinando Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery £8.90, free on 5 bottles
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£17.90 £23.87/L
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The Great Wine Co. Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery £8, free on 6 bottles
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£18.00 £24.00/L
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Majestic Best price 2024 · Magnum 150cl · checked 22 Oct · Delivery £7.95, free on 2 bottles
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£50.00 £33.33/L
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Tasting Notes

Tasting Alìe: grapefruit, wild strawberry and sea spray

A Syrah-led rosé from Tenuta Ammiraglia, pale pink with a peach tint. Grapefruit, wild strawberry and a salty, stony lift run right through it.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
11 June 2026
Vintage in glass
2025
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Syrah
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Pale pink with a peach tint. The nose leads with grapefruit and citrus rind over wild strawberry and raspberry, the red and citrus fruit that defines it. Behind them sit floral rose and elderflower, the notes Frescobaldi itself picks out, lifted by a hint of Maremma sea breeze.

GrapefruitGrapefruit
ElderflowerElderflower
Rose petalRose petal
MelonMelon
PeachPeach
RaspberryRaspberry
StrawberryStrawberry
Wet stonesWet stones
Palate

This is dry and crisp, fermented cool in steel with no malolactic. So the acidity stays bright and the 12% alcohol light. Wild strawberry and white melon fill a delicate, savoury mid-palate, carrying the salty, stony edge of the coastal Magliano vineyards. Falstaff called the 2024 juicy and balanced.

Finish

The close is clean and salty, a stony lift carrying it out. It has good length rather than weight.

Overall

This is Frescobaldi's flagship rosé from Tenuta Ammiraglia, an elegant and well-liked aperitivo style. It is built to drink young and well chilled.

Drink now Best by 2028
Live UK pricing

Where to buy Frescobaldi Alìe in the UK

Alìe is widely stocked in Britain, currently from about £15 to £21 across three retailers tracked here, all in standard 75cl bottles.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £14.00 at XtraWine
Price spread · 75cl · 2025 £14.00 - £18.00 Across 5 UK retailers with 75cl · 2025 in stock
Retailers · 75cl · 2025 5UK 5 in stock
Vintages live 2025 · 2024 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £18.67 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 25 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Other vintages and formats: 1 price line

Magnum 150cl · 2024: £50.00, 1 UK retailer

Wine fit score

How Alìe scores for food, value and everyday drinking

A dry, 12% coastal rosé under £20 scores high for versatile food matching and everyday drinking, and low for cellaring.

Best with food 8.4/10

A dry, salty, high-acid coastal rosé that runs from aperitivo through shellfish to tomato antipasti, one of the most food-flexible styles on the list.

Best intro to this style 8.2/10

Pale, crisp and fruit-forward with no tannin or oak, an easy, crowd-friendly rosé that asks nothing of a new drinker.

Best everyday bottle 8.2/10

Dry, 12% and under £20, a textbook everyday summer rosé to keep chilled for warm-weather drinking.

Best value 7.4/10

At about £15 the entry price undercuts most premium-brand Provence-style rosé, fair to good value for a single-estate Frescobaldi wine.

Best for an occasion 4.8/10

An IGT aperitivo rosé rather than a prestige bottle, though the Frescobaldi name lifts it above everyday picks for a relaxed celebration.

Best for cellar 2.0/10

Made for freshness, just three months on lees in steel and no oak, so it offers no cellaring upside and should be drunk young.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Toscana in five fields

A compact view of what the Toscana denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
Variety list not yet recorded
This bottle: Syrah, Vermentino.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
IGT · Toscana
Classification
IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica)
What that means →
Vintages

Alìe across vintages: 2024 and 2025

Falstaff scored the 2024 Alìe 91 points for its elderflower, raspberry and salty, sea-breeze finish; the 2025 followed a balanced, quality Maremma season.

2025 Current release
Best price
£14.00
Retailers
5 in stock
ABV
12.0%
Window
Drink now through 2028

Frescobaldi calls 2025 a balanced, quality Maremma season: a mild, rainy winter, a hot June and July, then September rain. The result is a pale pink, savoury and fresh Alìe for drinking over the next couple of summers.

2024 Previous release
Best price
£50.00 magnum
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
12.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

Falstaff scored the 2024 Alìe 91 points, finding elderflower, raspberry and fresh herbs over a sea-breeze lift, with refreshing acidity and a salty finish. A bright, balanced coastal vintage to drink young within two to three years.

2025 Current release
Best price
£14.00
Retailers
5 in stock
ABV
12.0%
Window
Drink now through 2028

Frescobaldi calls 2025 a balanced, quality Maremma season: a mild, rainy winter, a hot June and July, then September rain. The result is a pale pink, savoury and fresh Alìe for drinking over the next couple of summers.

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.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

What sits behind a £15 Frescobaldi rosé

Single-estate fruit from Frescobaldi's Tenuta Ammiraglia at Magliano, whole-bunch soft pressing and the landmark Piero Sartogo cellar sit behind Alìe's UK shelf price.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Toscana is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Toscana falls within Tuscany, covering Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena.

The zone the estate stands in The producer

Made at Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, Firenze. Directions

04

Reading the label

  • Marchesi de’ FrescobaldiProducer / estate
  • Syrah · VermentinoGrape varieties
  • Toscana IGTGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 12.0% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
  • Imbottigliato all’origineEstate-bottled
05

What sits behind the price of Frescobaldi Alie Rose

Tracked from
£14.00
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
4 up / 2 down
Main factor
Estate fruit from Tenuta Ammiraglia's coastal vineyards
  1. 01

    Estate fruit from Tenuta Ammiraglia's coastal vineyards

    Cost up

    Frescobaldi grows the Syrah and Vermentino on its own Maremma estate at Magliano by the Tyrrhenian sea, so the fruit is single-estate rather than cheaper bought-in grapes.

  2. 02

    Whole-bunch soft pressing and long must settling

    Cost up

    Whole bunches are pressed gently in an oxygen-free press, the must is decanted for at least 12 hours, then fermented cool below 19C in steel, a careful low-throughput method.

  3. 03

    Frescobaldi brand and the Piero Sartogo cellar

    Cost up

    The Frescobaldi name and the landmark Ammiraglia winery designed by architect Piero Sartogo carry a brand premium reflected in the roughly £15 to £21 UK price.

  4. 04

    Toscana IGT, not a mandated-ageing DOCG

    Cost down

    As a Toscana IGT rosé with just three months in steel and no oak, Alìe avoids the barrel and long cellar costs that push Tuscan DOCG reds far higher.

  5. 05

    UK alcohol duty and VAT

    Cost up

    At 12% the wine carries £2.67 HMRC still-wine duty plus 20% VAT, roughly £5 of a £15 UK bottle before the retailer's own margin.

  6. 06

    Widely distributed flagship rosé

    Cost down

    Alìe is Frescobaldi's high-volume flagship rosé, and that scale keeps its price below boutique Maremma rosés.

01

Estate fruit from Tenuta Ammiraglia's coastal vineyards

Cost up

Frescobaldi grows the Syrah and Vermentino on its own Maremma estate at Magliano by the Tyrrhenian sea, so the fruit is single-estate rather than cheaper bought-in grapes.

Food Pairing

Saline rosé for Tuscan seafood and aperitivo

Alìe's grapefruit acidity and salty, stony edge bridge Maremma shellfish, Insalata Caprese and tomato-led pizza, the aperitivo role Frescobaldi designed it for.

Acidity matching Strong match

Tomato-led antipasti and pizza

Alìe's refreshing acidity, the trait Falstaff singled out, mirrors the bright acidity of tomato. It keeps fresh mozzarella and a Margherita base lively without fighting the fruit.

Try with: Insalata Caprese · Pizza Margherita · Pappa al Pomodoro · More pairings →

Salt balance Strong match

Maremma shellfish and brine

The salty, stony edge from the coastal Magliano vineyards meets briny shellfish on its own terms, while the crisp acidity refreshes between bites of mussels and seafood fregola.

Try with: Impepata di cozze · Cozze arraganate · Fregula ai frutti di mare · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Herb-and-citrus Mediterranean fish

Grapefruit and Mediterranean-herb aromatics bridge to herbed, citrus-dressed fish. The wine echoes the dish's lemon and oregano rather than masking the delicate flesh.

Try with: Pesce spada alla Siciliana · Polpo alla pignata · Fregula ai frutti di mare · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Fresh cheese and cold cuts

Bright acidity and a light 12% body cut the cream of fresh cheese and the richness of a tuna-veal sauce, resetting the palate the way a chilled aperitivo rosé should.

Try with: Insalata Caprese · Vitello Tonnato · Gnocco fritto · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Light summer plates and aperitivo

This is a delicate, subtle rosé, not a structured one, so it sits beside light summer plates without overpowering them. Frescobaldi built Alìe as an aperitivo wine and it shows.

Try with: Vitello Tonnato · Focaccia Genovese · Insalata Caprese · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Heavy red-meat roasts and fiery spice

A pale, 12% coastal rosé has no tannin or weight to stand up to slow-cooked red meat or chilli heat. Big roasts flatten its delicate fruit and fierce spice scorches its acidity.

Skip with: Fiorentina steak · Beef wellington · Pizza Diavola · vindaloo · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Drinking Alìe: a rosé for the year, not the cellar

With three months on fine lees in steel and no oak, Alìe is built to drink young. Enjoy the current release within a couple of summers of the vintage.

Drinking window
2025 → 2028

Peak around 2026. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
30 minutes

A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.

Serving temperature
8-10°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

Made for freshness, just three months on lees in steel and no oak, so it offers no cellaring upside and should be drunk young.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£14.00 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at XtraWine, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Alìe page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 25 Oct 2026, 04:25 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from published drinker ratings, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our 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 · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Explore Frescobaldi, Tuscany and Toscana IGT rosé

Producer
Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi Tuscany
Grapes
Syrah Vermentino
Denomination
Toscana IGT
Region
Tuscany Region guide

Common Questions

Alìe is mostly Syrah with a small share of Vermentino, around 95% to 5%, grown at Frescobaldi's Tenuta Ammiraglia near the Tuscan coast and bottled as Toscana IGT.

It is a dry, pale pink rosé with a peach tint. Expect grapefruit, wild strawberry, peach and white flowers, a crisp light body at 12% alcohol, and a salty, stony finish.

Serve it as an aperitivo or with Mediterranean seafood such as mussels and Sicilian swordfish, Insalata Caprese, fresh cheese and tomato-led pizza. Avoid heavy red meat and fiery spice.

Drink it young, ideally within two to three years of the vintage. It sees only three months on fine lees in steel with no oak, so it is built for freshness, not cellaring.

It is widely stocked in Britain, currently from about £15 up to £21 across the retailers tracked on this page, in standard 75cl bottles.

Serve it well chilled at 10 to 12 degrees Celsius. As a dry, delicate aperitivo rosé it shows best young, fresh from the fridge on a warm day.

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