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Rocca di Montemassi Syrosa Rosato

A pale coral rosé from Maremma Toscana DOC, made entirely from Syrah on Rocca di Montemassi's coastal Roccastrada estate. Five months on the lees add texture behind fresh strawberry, pink grapefruit and lavender. Dry, light and best drunk young.

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Tasting Notes

How Syrosa tastes: Syrah rosé from coastal Maremma

Rocca di Montemassi vinifies Syrosa in steel and rests it five months on the lees, which is why this 100% Syrah rosé reads fresh and floral rather than weighty. Expect lavender and red berries over pink grapefruit, with a soft, dry, gently textured palate.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial (drinker consensus)
Tasted on
25 June 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Taste profile
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Lavender and dried-flower notes lead, a varietal Syrah signature, over wild strawberry and raspberry. Pink grapefruit and mandarin zest lift the aromatics, with a faint saline hint from the coastal alluvial soils at Roccastrada.

GrapefruitGrapefruit
OrangeOrange
LavenderLavender
CherryCherry
PeachPeach
RaspberryRaspberry
StrawberryStrawberry
VanillaVanilla
Palate

Dry and light-bodied, with the bright citrus acidity Maremma rosé is built on. Red-berry and white-peach fruit carry through, and five months on the lees give a gentle, almost creamy texture and a whisper of vanilla rather than any oak weight.

Finish

The close is clean and citrus-fresh, with a mineral, slightly saline echo that keeps it refreshing.

Overall

An easy, fruit-forward coastal rosé that Vivino drinkers rate around 3.7 across 668 reviews, praised for freshness and value. It is an aperitivo and summer-table wine, the entry point to Rocca di Montemassi's Maremma range, best drunk within two to three years of the vintage.

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Live UK pricing

Buying Syrosa in the UK

Syrosa is an entry-level rosé that trades around £12 a bottle. UK availability is thin and vintage-dependent, so the live listing below is the most reliable guide to current price and stock.

Best price · 75 cl £11.99 at cellier
Price spread £11.99 Across 1 UK retailer tracked
Retailers tracked 1UK 0 in stock · 1 awaiting restock
Vintages live 2019 Current release: 2019
Per-litre (75 cl basis) £15.99 Per-litre price for the lowest current offer
Last checked 25 Jul 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Syrosa scores: an everyday Maremma rosé

Syrosa scores high for everyday drinking and approachability and low for cellaring, which is exactly right for a fresh, dry, sub-£15 Syrah rosé built to drink on release.

Best intro to this style 8.6/10

Dry, soft and fruit-forward with no oak or tannin to navigate, it is a low-risk, approachable introduction to Maremma rosé.

Best everyday bottle 8.5/10

Light, dry, versatile and well priced, it is an easy midweek and warm-weather bottle rather than a special-occasion wine.

Best with food 8.2/10

Bright acidity and negligible tannin make it a flexible match for shellfish, tomato antipasti and soft cheese, though it lacks the body for rich meat.

Best value 6.2/10

At about £12 it sits a little above the cheapest Central Italy rosés, but single-estate Maremma Toscana DOC fruit and five months on the lees justify the small premium.

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

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Maremma Toscana in five fields

A compact view of what the Maremma 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.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Tuscany
Style
DOC · Maremma Toscana
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
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Vintages

Syrosa across vintages

Syrosa is made to be drunk young. Each release is a steel-aged rosé built for its first two to three years, so the freshest vintage on the shelf is almost always the one to buy.

2019 Current release
Lowest price
£11.99
Retailers
0 in stock · 1 awaiting restock
ABV
13.0%
Window
Drink now through 2022

2019 gave coastal Maremma a balanced, even-ripening season, so the Syrah came in with ripe red-berry fruit and fresh acidity. As a steel-aged rosé it was built for early drinking, best in its first two to three years rather than for keeping.

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

Maremma Toscana DOC and the Roccastrada estate

Rocca di Montemassi is a single estate at Roccastrada in the province of Grosseto, part of the Zonin1821 group. Its Syrah grows on deep alluvial soils close to the Tyrrhenian coast, the terroir that gives Syrosa its saline freshness.

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.

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

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The denomination rules, in detail

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

Region and area context

Maremma Toscana falls within Tuscany , covering Tuscany.

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Reading the label

  • SyrahGrape varieties (in declared order of dominance)
  • Maremma Toscana DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2019Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 13.0% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
  • Imbottigliato all’origineEstate-bottled
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What sits behind the price of Rocca di Montemassi Syrosa

Tracked from
£11.99
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
3 up / 3 down
Main factor
Single-estate Syrah from Roccastrada, not bought-in fruit
  1. 01

    Single-estate Syrah from Roccastrada, not bought-in fruit

    Cost up

    Rocca di Montemassi grows and bottles its own Syrah on the estate at Roccastrada, so the price carries vineyard and estate costs a négociant rosé avoids.

  2. 02

    Five months ageing on the lees in steel

    Cost up

    Resting the wine five months on its lees ties up tank space and time well beyond a quick-release supermarket rosé, adding cellar cost.

  3. 03

    Maremma Toscana DOC, an entry-level appellation

    Cost down

    Maremma Toscana DOC carries none of the ageing mandates or scarcity premium of a Brunello or Bolgheri, which keeps the wine affordable.

  4. 04

    Syrah rosé, not a scarce indigenous cru

    Cost down

    Syrah is a high-yielding international grape made here as a fresh rosé, the estate's value tier rather than its flagship Rocca di Montemassi red.

  5. 05

    UK duty and VAT on a still wine

    Cost up

    UK alcohol duty of £2.67 a bottle plus 20% VAT account for roughly £4.50 of the £12 shelf price before any merchant margin.

  6. 06

    Zonin1821 group scale and distribution

    Cost down

    As part of the large Zonin1821 group, Syrosa benefits from group-wide production and export scale that holds the price down.

01

Single-estate Syrah from Roccastrada, not bought-in fruit

Cost up

Rocca di Montemassi grows and bottles its own Syrah on the estate at Roccastrada, so the price carries vineyard and estate costs a négociant rosé avoids.

Food Pairing

What to eat with Syrosa: shellfish, antipasti and soft cheese

With bright acidity and no tannin, Syrosa is a coastal-table rosé. It is happiest with Maremma seafood, tomato-led antipasti and fresh cheeses, and out of its depth against chilli heat or long-braised red meat.

Acidity matching Strong match

Tomato antipasti and Caprese

The wine's citrus-led acidity matches the acidity of ripe tomato and refreshes fresh mozzarella, so each bite of a Caprese or a margherita stays lively rather than heavy.

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

Salt balance Strong match

Mussels and coastal shellfish

Maremma is a coastal DOC, and the rosé's saline freshness and red-berry fruit flatter briny shellfish while its acidity cuts through pepper, garlic and olive oil.

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

Aromatic bridge Good match

Mediterranean fish with herbs

The lavender and red-berry aromatics of Syrah bridge to herb, tomato and caper dressings on Mediterranean fish, echoing the dish rather than fighting it.

Try with: Pesce spada alla Siciliana · Brodetto alla giuliese · Baccala Mantecato · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Vitello Tonnato and fried antipasti

Five months on the lees give the rosé enough texture and acidity to cut the richness of tuna-veal sauce and fried dough, keeping cold cuts and fritti fresh.

Try with: Vitello Tonnato · Gnocco fritto · Frico · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Young pecorino and soft cheeses

Light-bodied and dry, the wine sits level with fresh, mild cheeses; its strawberry fruit flatters them where a tannic red would overwhelm.

Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Caciocavallo farcito · Insalata Caprese · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Chilli heat and long-braised red meat

A delicate 13% rosé has no tannin or oak to lean on, so fiery chilli strips its fruit and a long-braised ragù simply flattens it. Save those plates for a structured red.

Skip with: Pasta arrabbiata · Pizza Diavola · Brasato al Barolo · Spezzatino di pecora · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar
Drinking window
2020 → 2022

Peak around 2020. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
m30

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

Cellar potential
Low

A steel-vinified rosé built for freshness; there is nothing to gain from cellaring, so drink it within two to three years.

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Sources & trust

Where Syrosa's tasting notes come from

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 25 Jul 2026, 23:47 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, 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 Syrah, rosé and Maremma Toscana

Grapes
Syrah
Denomination
Maremma Toscana DOC

Common Questions

Syrosa is made from 100% Syrah. The name joins Syrah with rosa, the Italian for pink, reflecting both the grape and the rosé style.

Yes. Syrosa is a dry, light-bodied rosé with fresh citrus acidity, fermented in steel and rested five months on the lees for a little texture.

Pale coral in the glass, it leads with lavender, wild strawberry and pink grapefruit, then a soft, dry palate of red berries and white peach with a clean, lightly saline finish.

It suits coastal Italian cooking: mussels and shellfish, Mediterranean fish, tomato antipasti and fresh cheeses such as a Caprese. Avoid fiery chilli or long-braised red meat, which overwhelm it.

It is a Maremma Toscana Rosato DOC, grown on Rocca di Montemassi's estate at Roccastrada in the province of Grosseto, near the Tuscan coast.

Drink it young. This is a fresh, steel-aged rosé made for its first two to three years, so reach for the most recent vintage you can find.

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