DOC Sparkling

Senti Prosecco Extra Dry (White)

Grape
Glera
Denomination
Prosecco DOC
Region
Veneto
ABV
11%
Drink
Now to 2027

Senti is Virgin Wines' white Prosecco DOC Extra Dry, a Glera fizz credited to consultant winemaker Umberto Menini. Apple, pear and a citrus-led, gently off-dry palate at 11%. Pour it cold for aperitivo hour; the pink Senti Rose is a separate wine.

Price
£12.99

75cl · checked 8 Oct

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Where to buy Senti Prosecco Extra Dry

£12.99 price · 1 retailer in stock · checked 8 Oct 2026

One shop sells this wine in the UK, so there is no price to compare between shops. Each price is the one on its page today, read daily.

Virginwines Best price Not stated · 75cl · checked 8 Oct
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£12.99 £17.32/L

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Tasting Notes

What the white Senti Extra Dry tastes like

Apple and pear fruit, a citrus-led palate and the soft mousse of tank-method Glera, in the off-dry Extra Dry style. A fresh, simple fizz for aperitivo hour.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
26 July 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Nose

Apple and pear lead, with lemon behind and a little leafiness that adds charm. A soft yeasty breadiness from the tank fermentation sits underneath. It is a fresh, simple white Prosecco nose rather than a layered one.

Toasted breadToasted bread
LemonLemon
AppleApple
Green AppleGreen Apple
PearPear
White peachWhite peach
Palate

The palate is citrus-led, with Extra Dry sweetness in the style's band of 12 to 17 grams of sugar a litre rounding the edges rather than reading as sugary. The Martinotti-method mousse is soft and frothy, Glera's fresh acidity keeps it brisk, and alcohol sits at a light 11%.

Finish

It closes short and clean on lemon and green apple with a gentle off-dry echo and no oak anywhere in the recipe. Aperitivo length, as a celebration sparkler should be.

Overall

An easy, fruity celebration fizz that stays simple, and drinkers like it. Drink it cold within a year of purchase, and reach for the separate Senti Rose when you want the pink, red-berried version.

Drink now Best by 2027
Live UK pricing

Where to buy Senti Prosecco Extra Dry

Senti is a Virgin Wines exclusive, so the white Extra Dry sells direct at £12.99 rather than through the supermarket aisle. The pink Senti Rose is a separate £14.99 bottle with its own page.

Best price · 75 cl £12.99 at virginwines
Only sold by Virginwines The only UK shop we track for this wine, so there is no price to compare
Vintages live NV Current release: NV
Per-litre (75 cl basis) £17.32 Per-litre price for the lowest current offer
Last checked 8 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How the white Senti scores on the Italian Wine Fit Score

Quick scores for a £12.99 non-vintage Prosecco: strong on beginner ease and everyday pouring, weak on cellar ambition.

Best intro to this style 9.0/10

Soft, fruity, off-dry and just 11% alcohol with no tannin and no oak. The classic first Prosecco, which is exactly how Virgin positions it.

Best everyday bottle 8.5/10

Light, affordable and easy to open on a whim; the only brake on weeknight status is that fizz tends to wait for company.

Best with food 7.6/10

Bright Glera acidity, light body and a frothy mousse handle fried, salty and mildly spiced food well. The Extra Dry style's 12 to 17 grams of sugar a litre rules out big savoury mains.

Best value 6.4/10

At £12.99 it sits above £7 to £9 supermarket Prosecco but £2 under its own rose sibling. Its buyers seem to feel it earns the gap.

Best for an occasion 5.0/10

Prosecco is Britain's default celebration pour and the white Senti is pitched exactly there. It reads as a £12.99 party bottle rather than a statement bottle.

Best for cellar 1.0/10

A non-vintage Martinotti-tank Prosecco built for immediate freshness. Virgin itself says it is at its best within a year of purchase, so there is nothing to gain from keeping it.

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

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Prosecco in five fields

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

Allowed grapes
5 varieties listed
This bottle: Glera.
Minimum ageing
No statutory minimum
Producers release on their own schedule; 4 to 6 months in steel is typical.
Region / area
Nine provinces of Veneto and Friuli: Belluno, Gorizia, Padova, Pordenone, Treviso, Trieste, Udine, Venezia, Vicenza
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOC · Prosecco
Minimum ABV at this colour: 11.0%.
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
Vintages

The white Senti is non-vintage by design

Each release is blended for a consistent house style rather than a harvest statement. Virgin lists it NV and advises opening within a year of purchase, while the apple and pear fruit is freshest.

NV Non-vintage
Best price
£12.99
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
11.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

The white Senti is blended and bottled non-vintage so each release tastes the same, apple-and-pear fresh with a soft mousse. Virgin Wines lists it NV and advises opening within a year of purchase.

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

Prosecco DOC rules behind Virgin's white fizz

Prosecco DOC spans nine provinces across Veneto and Friuli and caps yields at 18 tonnes per hectare. Its fizz is built on Glera refermented in tank by the Martinotti method. That is the frame this £12.99 white sits inside.

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.

Prosecco 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.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 5 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Yield ceiling. 18.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Minimum ABV. 11.0% vol
  • Minimum ageing. No statutory minimum - producers release on their own schedule
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Prosecco falls within Veneto, covering Nine provinces of Veneto and Friuli: Belluno, Gorizia, Padova, Pordenone, Treviso, Trieste, Udine, Venezia, Vicenza. The denomination is further divided into 2 sub-zones.

Prosecco DOC zone Wine route in the zone

Wine route in the zone: Strada del Prosecco.

04

Reading the label

  • GleraGrape varieties
  • Prosecco DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 11.0% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
05

What sits behind the price of Senti Prosecco Extra Dry

Tracked from
£12.99
Direction
Mostly cost down
Drivers
2 up / 3 down
Main factor
High-yield Glera off the Prosecco DOC plain
  1. 01

    High-yield Glera off the Prosecco DOC plain

    Cost down

    The DOC rules allow up to 18 tonnes per hectare of Glera across the nine-province DOC zone. That generous cropping keeps fruit cost low and underpins the £12.99 shelf price.

  2. 02

    Martinotti tank method, not bottle fermentation

    Cost down

    Like all Prosecco DOC spumante, Senti takes its bubbles from a quick second fermentation in pressurised autoclaves. That avoids the months of bottle ageing and hand labour that push traditional-method fizz well past £20.

  3. 03

    Glera-only white, no rose winemaking step

    Cost down

    Virgin's datasheet lists Glera alone, so the white skips the separately vinified Pinot Nero the £14.99 Senti Rose needs. The £2 gap between the two Sentis is roughly that extra winemaking.

  4. 04

    UK alcohol duty and VAT

    Cost up

    HMRC duty of roughly £2.67 per 75cl bottle at 2026 rates plus 20% VAT accounts for several pounds of the £12.99. That is before any wine is paid for.

  5. 05

    Virgin Wines own-label margin and winemaker programme

    Cost up

    As an exclusive sold direct, the retail margin, the consultant credit to Umberto Menini and Virgin's marketing all sit inside the £12.99. None of it is shared with a separate brand owner.

01

High-yield Glera off the Prosecco DOC plain

Cost down

The DOC rules allow up to 18 tonnes per hectare of Glera across the nine-province DOC zone. That generous cropping keeps fruit cost low and underpins the £12.99 shelf price.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Food Pairing

Arancini, tempura and mild spice: dishes for the white Senti

Salt, hot oil and gentle spice are the white Senti's best friends. Extra Dry sweetness meets salty batter, brisk Glera acidity sits under the fizz, and the light body will not bully raw fish.

Salt balance Strong match

Fried antipasti and salty snacks

Extra Dry Prosecco carries 12 to 17 grams of sugar a litre. That gentle sweetness plus a frothy Martinotti mousse is the classic foil for salt and hot oil. Arancini or gnocco fritto straight from the fryer make the fizz taste brighter, and the wine washes the palate clean between bites.

Try with: Arancini · Gnocco fritto · Marinated olives · Salted almonds · More pairings →

Fat cutting Strong match

Tempura, fish and chips and the fryer

Bubbles and Glera's brisk acidity scrub batter fat from the palate while the off-dry centre flatters salt and malt vinegar. It is the logic that puts sparkling wine next to fried fish. Here it comes at the white Senti's £12.99 price rather than a Franciacorta one.

Try with: Prawn Tempura · Fish and Chips · Tempura · Arancini

Sweet balance Good match

Mild Thai and gently spiced plates

At 11% alcohol with an off-dry core, the white Senti cushions mild chilli heat instead of amplifying it. Its lemony lift echoes lemongrass and lime leaf. Keep the spice gentle; serious heat sits under avoid below.

Try with: Green curry · Chicken pad thai · Spring rolls · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Sushi and delicate raw fish

A light-bodied tank-method fizz will not bully nigiri or sashimi. The soft mousse and lemony Glera fruit sit at the same delicate weight, and the touch of Extra Dry sugar flatters seasoned sushi rice.

Try with: Nigiri Sushi · Sashimi · Prawn Tempura · More pairings →

Acidity matching Good match

Aperitivo hour and antipasti boards

Glera's fresh acidity and a cold 6 to 8C pour reset the palate between salumi, olives and hard cheese. Virgin pitches Senti as an aperitif and celebration sparkler, and that is exactly where the citrus-led palate is happiest.

Try with: Salumi board · Marinated olives · Grissini with Parmigiano

Avoid Clash

Fierce heat, char and heavy oak

Serious chilli burn makes Extra Dry sweetness taste harsh and metallic. An 11% featherweight fizz vanishes next to charred steak or oak-heavy sauces. For vindaloo-level heat or barbecued beef pour a sturdier Italian red such as Aglianico del Vulture. Keep Senti for the salty, crispy end of the table.

Skip with: Vindaloo · Sichuan hot pot · Barbecued brisket · Ribeye steak · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar
Drinking window
2026 → 2027

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

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Cellar potential
Low

A non-vintage Martinotti-tank Prosecco built for immediate freshness. Virgin itself says it is at its best within a year of purchase, so there is nothing to gain from keeping it.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£12.99 for a 75cl bottle, at Virginwines, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Where the facts on the white Senti page come from

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 8 Oct 2026, 03:01 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

Prosecco DOC, Glera and Veneto: how the white Senti connects

Common Questions

Senti is a Virgin Wines exclusive label, so the producing cantina is not named. The white Extra Dry is credited to Umberto Menini, a Tuscan-born consultant winemaker with a 40-year career who works with cellars across Veneto and Puglia. The pink Senti Rose carries a different credit, Damiano Canali.

No, they are two different wines under one Virgin Wines label. This white Extra Dry is a Glera Prosecco DOC at £12.99. The £14.99 Senti Rose gets its pink colour and berry fruit from red-vinified Pinot Nero. It carries its own Virgin product code and has its own page.

Extra Dry means off-dry in Prosecco labelling: 12 to 17 grams of sugar a litre left in the wine. It tastes softer and rounder than a Brut while stopping well short of dessert sweetness. Fresh Glera acidity and a light 11% ABV keep it balanced.

Expect apple and pear, a citrus-led palate and a gentle yeasty edge from the tank fermentation. Drinkers like it, and apple, peach and citrus are the notes they find most often.

Salty and fried dishes first: arancini, tempura, fish and chips. The off-dry centre also cushions mild Thai spice, and the light body suits nigiri and antipasti boards. Serve it well chilled at 6 to 8C as an aperitivo.

It is sold direct by Virgin Wines at £12.99 for a 75cl bottle. As a Virgin exclusive, it rarely appears at other retailers. It is non-vintage and made for drinking young: Virgin recommends opening it within a year of purchase.

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Senti Prosecco Extra Dry