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Casa Vinicola Luigi Cecchi & Figli
A pale Tuscan rosé made only from Sangiovese, grown on Cecchi's sandy Maremma land. No barrel, and two months in bottle, so the acacia and raspberry scent stays bright. Dry, light and 12%: an aperitivo wine that also handles shellfish.
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Cecchi press Sangiovese the way most people press a white grape, with short, frequent pump-overs in steel and no barrel at any point. The wine then rests two months in bottle before it goes on sale. That is why Calipte smells of acacia flower and raspberry rather than wood.
Acacia flower comes first, the note Cecchi lead with on their own sheet, then raspberry and a squeeze of bergamot. Falstaff's panel found eucalyptus and white flowers in the 2024, and Tannico picks out violet and dog rose. There is no smell of wood at all, because the wine never goes near a barrel.
Grapefruit
Acacia
Bergamot
Violet
Cherry
Raspberry
Strawberry
Eucalyptus
Wet stonesLight and properly dry, with about four grams of sugar in a litre and plenty of acidity behind the fruit. Strawberry and pink grapefruit lead, with a savoury edge that comes off the Sangiovese skins. The fruit stays taut because the vines sit on loose sandy Maremma soil that holds little water, and sea breezes cool the nights. At 12% this is one of the lighter Tuscan rosés on the shelf.
Short, clean and faintly bitter, the small twist Falstaff's tasters noted in the 2024. It asks for another sip rather than a long think.
Drinkers give it 3.7 out of 5 across 378 Vivino ratings, and reach for it with shellfish, chicken and soft cheese. This is Cecchi's easy summer bottle rather than a serious one: buy the newest vintage, chill it hard, drink it soon.
Vino.com carries both the 2024 and the 2025 on this page. In Italy the wine sells for about 13 euros, and Mercanti in Bristol lists a six-bottle trade case for UK restaurants and shops. With a rosé this light, the newest vintage on the shelf is the one to buy.
The six scores below read Calipte as an easy, food-friendly, everyday bottle. It rates high for food and for beginners, and low for keeping. At 12% with no oak and no tannin, there is nothing here built to age.
A pale, dry, low-alcohol rosé from Italy's best-known red grape, with nothing sharp or odd to get used to.
No tannin, plenty of acidity and a light body make it fit almost any starter, shellfish plate or vegetable dish.
Cheap enough for a Tuesday, light enough to open before dinner, and it works with most of what you would cook.
Around 13 euros in Italy puts it level with Frescobaldi's Alìe and Mazzei's Belguardo on the same Tuscan shelf, and Falstaff gave the 2024 89 points.
An entry-level Toscana IGT rosé, though the hummingbird printed on the glass gives it more presence than the price suggests.
No oak, no ageing rules to meet and 12% alcohol: this is built to drink young, not to keep.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Toscana denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
Cecchi's own harvest note calls 2025 a balanced year. A wet spring filled the water table, then a cool summer brought scattered rain. 2024 turned hot and dry after a wet start, with cold nights that held the acidity in place. Falstaff scored the 2024 at 89 points.
Cecchi call 2025 a balanced year on the Tuscan coast. Heavy spring rain filled the water table, then a cool summer brought only scattered showers, and July rain pulled June's heat back down. The estate reports ripe fruit with good acidity, and Vivino drinkers rate this the best year yet for Calipte.
A wet winter and cool spring were followed by a hot, dry summer, with cold nights that kept the acidity in place. Falstaff gave this vintage 89 points in May 2025 and found a light bitter twist on the finish. It was drinking well through the 2025 summer and should hold into 2027.
Cecchi call 2025 a balanced year on the Tuscan coast. Heavy spring rain filled the water table, then a cool summer brought only scattered showers, and July rain pulled June's heat back down. The estate reports ripe fruit with good acidity, and Vivino drinkers rate this the best year yet for Calipte.
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 grapes grow in the Maremma, on Tuscany's southern coast, where Cecchi bought the Val delle Rose estate in 1996. The label still reads Toscana IGT, the region-wide Tuscan name, not the local Maremma Toscana DOC that Cecchi uses for its Caprifoglio Viognier.
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.
Toscana falls within Tuscany, covering Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena.
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Made at Casa Vinicola Luigi Cecchi & Figli, Castellina in Chianti. Directions
Cecchi have grown Sangiovese at Val delle Rose on Tuscany's southern coast since 1996. Fruit picked early and separately for a pale rosé is a smaller, fussier pick than the estate's red harvest.
Calipte never sees oak and ships two months after bottling. No barrels to buy, and no cellar space tied up for years, unlike the Brunello in the same Cecchi range at about three times the price.
The label is Toscana IGT. There is no minimum ageing to serve and no tasting panel to pass before release, so the wine can be sold the spring after harvest.
The hummingbird and flowers are printed on the bottle itself, not on a paper label. Cecchi commissioned the design for the April 2025 launch, and decorated glass costs more than a sticker.
UK duty on a still wine at 12% is 2.67 pounds a bottle. VAT then takes a sixth of the shelf price. On the 15.90 pound price here, that is about 5.30 pounds of tax before anyone else is paid.
Mercanti in Bristol lists a six-bottle case at 59.70 pounds before VAT, close to 10 pounds a bottle to the trade. The gap up to the shelf price covers the importer, the shipper and the shop.
Cecchi's technical sheet sends Calipte to the aperitivo first, then to delicate fish and shellfish, white meat, risotto and vegetable dishes. Tannico adds salumi and schiacciata with prosciutto. The reason is the same every time: plenty of acidity and no tannin at all.
Acidity is the whole point of this wine, and salty bread with tomato is what it was built for. The acid resets your mouth between bites so the third slice tastes like the first. Cecchi name the aperitivo as the first use on their own sheet.
Try with: Schiacciata · Focaccia · Insalata Caprese · More pairings →
Shellfish bring salt and iodine, and a wine with tannin turns metallic against them. Calipte has none, so the salt reads as savoury instead. Vivino drinkers put shellfish top of their own pairing list for this bottle.
Try with: Impepata di cozze · Cozze arraganate · Fregula ai frutti di mare · Polenta e schie · More pairings →
Fried dough and fatty pork coat your tongue, and acid is what strips the coating away. This wine is light enough that it cuts without piling weight on top of a rich plate. Tannico point it at salumi and savoury tarts for the same reason.
Try with: Gnocco fritto · Pizza Fritta · Porchetta · More pairings →
A 12% wine with no oak weighs about the same as a plate of rice and peas, so neither side shouts. Vegetables that would strip a big red leave this one alone. Cecchi list risotto and vegetable dishes on the technical sheet.
Try with: Risi e bisi · Pumpkin risotto · Torta pasqualina · More pairings →
The bergamot and acacia in the glass run straight into lemon, caper and herb sauces on the plate. That shared citrus note is the bridge, and it makes cold veal or whipped salt cod taste brighter. Cecchi name white meat among the wine's best matches.
Try with: Vitello Tonnato · Coniglio alla ligure · Baccala Mantecato · More pairings →
Chilli makes alcohol burn, and although 12% is low, there is no sweetness here to soften the heat. Long braises and thick steak go the other way, and simply flatten a wine this light. For chilli, pour a lightly sweet white like Moscato d'Asti. For the steak, pour a firm red like Chianti Classico.
Skip with: Mapo tofu · Kung pao chicken · Green curry · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Fiorentina steak · Pairing guide →
Tannico puts the ideal drinking window at 2026 to 2028. The reviewer at Grape to Glass tasted the 2024 in July 2025 and gave it another 12 to 18 months. Neither is cellar advice. Drink this one young and cold, soon after you buy it.
Peak around 2026. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
No oak, no ageing rules to meet and 12% alcohol: this is built to drink young, not to keep.
£15.90 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn 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 · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur 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 · MediumSangiovese, and nothing else. Cecchi press it the way they would press a white grape, so the juice spends very little time on the skins. That is why the colour is pale pink rather than red.
The Maremma, on Tuscany's southern coast. Cecchi have farmed the Val delle Rose estate there since 1996. The vines sit on loose sandy soil that holds little water, cooled at night by breezes off the sea.
Dry. It carries about four grams of sugar in a litre, which is dry even by rosé standards. The fruit flavour you taste comes from the grape, not from sugar.
Drink it inside two years. Tannico puts the ideal window at 2026 to 2028. The reviewer at Grape to Glass tasted the 2024 in July 2025 and gave it another 12 to 18 months.
Start with the aperitivo. Cecchi's own sheet then points at delicate fish and shellfish, white meat, risotto and vegetable dishes. Tannico adds salumi and schiacciata with prosciutto.
The newest one on the shelf. This is a wine built for its first summer. Vivino drinkers currently rate the 2025 above every earlier year of Calipte.
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