IGT Red

Pasqua PassioneSentimento Rosso

Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine
Grapes
Corvina, Croatina, Merlot
Denomination
Veneto IGT
Region
Veneto
ABV
14%
Drink
2023: 2025 to 2029

Pasqua's founding Romeo and Juliet wine: Corvina, Croatina and Merlot dried in crates until they lose 30% of their water, then three months in oak. Soft, jammy and velvety at 14%. £14.50 at Majestic, £11.50 in a mixed six.

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2023 · 75cl · checked 6 Nov · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Where to buy Pasqua 'PassioneSentimento' Passimento Rosso , Veneto

£14.10 price · 1 retailer with 75cl · 2023 in stock · checked 6 Nov 2026

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Tasting Notes

What Pasqua's PassioneSentimento Rosso tastes like

Cherry and raspberry come first, then stewed plum, vanilla and tobacco, then leather and spice on a soft, full palate at 14%. The drying loft gives the stewed fruit; three months in oak gives the vanilla and tobacco.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
3 September 2026
Vintage in glass
2023
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Corvina
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Cherry and raspberry first, then stewed plum and blackberry from the drying loft. Behind them sit vanilla and a little tobacco from the oak, and a lift of violet.

VioletViolet
BlackberryBlackberry
CherryCherry
PlumPlum
PrunePrune
RaspberryRaspberry
TobaccoTobacco
LeatherLeather
VanillaVanilla
Palate

Full and velvety at 14%, which is what drying the grapes in crates does to Corvina and Croatina, with Merlot filling out the middle. The tannin is soft. The wine is dry, but the fruit tastes so ripe that it reads as jammy.

Finish

Long and warm, with leather and spice lasting after the fruit has gone.

Overall

The founding wine of Pasqua's Romeo and Juliet range, and one of Majestic's most popular Italian reds: a well-liked everyday red that buyers come back to. Drink it young, at 16 to 18 degrees, with a meat ragù.

Drink now Best by 2029
Live UK pricing

Buying PassioneSentimento: two shops, one vintage

The 2023 is on sale at Majestic for £14.50, or £11.50 a bottle in any mixed six, and at vino.com for £15.30 on offer. At Majestic it is one of the shop's most popular Italian reds, with 658 customer reviews.

Best price · 75 cl · 2023 £14.10 at Vino.com
75cl · 2023 available from Vino.com £14.10, in stock
Vintages live 2023 Newest vintage on sale here: 2023
Per-litre (75cl · 2023 basis) £18.80 Lowest current 75cl · 2023 offer
Last checked 6 Nov 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How PassioneSentimento scores for food, value and everyday drinking

Four scores out of ten. It rates highest for someone new to Italian wine, then with food, then on value at £11.50 to £15.30, and well as an everyday bottle.

Best intro to this style 8.8/10

Soft, ripe and jammy, and one of Majestic's most popular Italian reds.

Best with food 8.5/10

Ragù, roasts, polenta, mushrooms and cheese all fit. Only chilli and delicate fish do not.

Best value 8.2/10

£11.50 to £15.30 for a dried-grape red that James Suckling has scored 90 and 91 across recent vintages.

Best everyday bottle 7.0/10

At 14% it is a heavy one.

Best for an occasion 4.0/10

Generous and easy to like, but a Veneto IGT at £15 does not mark a big night.

Best for cellar 3.0/10

Three months in oak and a jammy style. Drink it within three or four years.

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

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Veneto in five fields

A compact view of what the Veneto 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: Corvina, Croatina, Merlot.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Veneto
Style
IGT · Veneto
Classification
IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica)
What that means →
Vintages

The 2023 PassioneSentimento Rosso

The 2023 is the vintage in both shops, at 14%. Pasqua's own sheet lists 13% for the 2021, so the alcohol moves a little from year to year with how far the grapes dry.

2023 Newest vintage on sale here
Best price
£14.10
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
14.0%
Window
Drink now through 2029

The 2023 is the vintage in both shops, at 14%. It is a dried-grape red built for early drinking, so enjoy it over the next three or four years rather than keeping it.

2023 Newest vintage on sale here
Best price
£14.10
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
14.0%
Window
Drink now through 2029

The 2023 is the vintage in both shops, at 14%. It is a dried-grape red built for early drinking, so enjoy it over the next three or four years rather than keeping it.

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

A dried-grape red from eastern Valpolicella, labelled Veneto IGT

The grapes grow on the eastern Valpolicella slopes in the province of Verona and are dried the way Amarone's are. The bottle carries the broad Veneto IGT name rather than Valpolicella, which is part of why it costs £15 and not £40.

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.

Veneto 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 at IGT level
03

Region and area context

Veneto IGT is the region-wide label, so the grapes can come from anywhere in Veneto.

The zone the estate stands in The producer

Producer: Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine, Verona. Directions

04

Reading the label

  • Pasqua Vigneti e CantineProducer / estate
  • Corvina · Croatina · MerlotGrape varieties
  • Veneto IGTGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2023Vintage of the 75 cl bottle on sale here
  • 14.0% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
05

What sits behind the price of Pasqua 'PassioneSentimento' Passimento Rosso , Veneto

Tracked from
£14.10
Direction
Mostly cost down
Drivers
3 up / 3 down
Main factor
Drying the grapes costs 30% of the juice
  1. 01

    Drying the grapes costs 30% of the juice

    Cost up

    Pasqua dries the hand-picked bunches in wooden crates in a loft with controlled humidity and airflow until they lose around 30% of their water. That is 30% less wine from the same grapes, plus weeks of loft space.

  2. 02

    Three months in oak barrels

    Cost up

    The finished blend spends three months in oak barrels before bottling. Short by Amarone standards, but still barrels to buy and cellar space to fill.

  3. 03

    Veneto IGT on the label, not Valpolicella or Amarone

    Cost down

    The grapes come from eastern Valpolicella, but the label carries the broad Veneto IGT name. That keeps the wine clear of Amarone pricing while using the same drying method.

  4. 04

    Made at scale by one of Verona's biggest houses

    Cost down

    Pasqua is one of Verona's biggest houses, with a range that runs to more than 200 wines. A red made in that volume spreads the cost of the loft, the presses and the sales team thinly across every bottle.

  5. 05

    Majestic's mixed-six price

    Cost down

    Majestic sells it at £14.50 alone and £11.50 a bottle in any six. The shop's discount, not the winery, sets the low end of the price.

  6. 06

    UK duty and VAT

    Cost up

    A 14% wine carries just over £3 of duty on the February 2026 rates, and VAT takes a fifth of the price. Roughly £5.60 of the £14.50 is tax before the wine is counted.

01

Drying the grapes costs 30% of the juice

Cost up

Pasqua dries the hand-picked bunches in wooden crates in a loft with controlled humidity and airflow until they lose around 30% of their water. That is 30% less wine from the same grapes, plus weeks of loft space.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Chicken tikka, plated

Chicken tikka
Food Pairing

Soft, ripe and 14%: what fits PassioneSentimento

Meat ragù over pasta first, then beef, lamb and game, roasts, first courses and aged cheese. Rich, savoury food is the common thread.

Tannin softening Strong match

Meat ragù over pasta

Meat ragù piled over pasta is the first match for this wine. The soft tannin never fights the meat, and the wine's ripe, jammy fruit sits happily next to slow-cooked tomato.

Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Anelletti al forno · Agnolotti del Plin · More pairings →

Fat cutting Strong match

Roast beef, lamb and game

Beef, lamb and game all suit it. Roast meat is rich and fatty, and a full, 14% red with soft tannin has the weight to meet it while its fruit keeps the plate from feeling heavy.

Try with: Sunday Roast Beef · Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce · Steak and Kidney Pie · Venison Stew · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Polenta and slow-cooked northern dishes

Braised beef and polenta are soft, rich and mild rather than sharp. This wine is the same shape, full and gentle, so neither side shouts over the other.

Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Polenta alla Valdostana · Carbonade · Canederli · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Mushroom risotto and truffle

The wine goes well with mushroom dishes. Its leather and spice sit close to the earthy smell of porcini and truffle, so the plate and the glass echo each other.

Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Truffle risotto · Radicchio risotto · Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Aged cheese

Aged cheese is a good match. Salt makes a ripe red taste fruitier and less alcoholic, which suits a wine at 14% with plenty of jammy fruit to show.

Try with: Caciocavallo farcito · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Fonduta · Frico · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Skip fierce chilli and delicate fish

Chilli heat makes a 14% wine taste hot and hollow. Delicate fish has the opposite problem: a wine this full and jammy simply buries it.

Skip with: Chicken madras · Szechuan beef · Baccala Mantecato · Polenta e schie · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping PassioneSentimento: drink it young

Three months in oak and a soft, jammy style make this a wine for the next three or four years, not the cellar. Serve it at 16 to 18 degrees.

Drinking window
2023: 2025 to 2029

For the main offer above.

Decanting
30 minutes

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

Serving temperature
16-18°C

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

Cellar potential
Low

Three months in oak and a jammy style. Drink it within three or four years.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£14.10 for a 75cl bottle of the 2023, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this PassioneSentimento page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page several times a week. Last refresh: 6 Nov 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, from how this wine is made, the rules of its appellation, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

The drinking years for the main offer apply to its 2023 vintage. Treat them as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

PassioneSentimento, its grapes, region and pairings

Producer
Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine Veneto
Grapes
Corvina Croatina Merlot
Denomination
Veneto IGT
Region
Veneto Region guide
Cuisine
Indian Cuisine 1 dish paired

Common Questions

Corvina and Croatina with a share of Merlot, which Pasqua says the drying makes even more velvety. All three are dried in crates before they are pressed.

Yes. Pasqua's name for it is PassioneSentimento, the founding wine of its Romeo and Juliet range, and Majestic sells it under both names. The old name Passimento is still in the shop's web address.

The grapes are picked by hand and dried in wooden crates in a loft with controlled humidity and airflow until they lose about 30% of their water. Each grape ferments on its own in steel, then the blend spends three months in oak barrels.

Cherry and raspberry, stewed plum and blackberry, vanilla and a hint of tobacco, with a soft, velvety feel at 14%. A well-liked everyday red.

Meat ragù over pasta first, then beef, lamb and game. It also suits mushroom risotto, polenta dishes and aged cheese.

£14.50 at Majestic, or £11.50 a bottle in any mixed six, and £15.30 on offer at vino.com. James Suckling scored the 2020 at 90 points and the 2017 and 2016 at 91.

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