Fratelli Wines Launches 15th Anniversary Sette In A Collaboration With Manish Malhotra

Since its launch in 2006, Fratelli Wines has become one of the most recognised Indian wine brands. The feather in Fratelli’s cap is its premium wine, Sette, which launched in 2009. The award-winning Super Tuscan-style wine represents the best of Akluj’s terroir. The blend brings together Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Sangiovese, aged exclusively in French oak. This year, Fratelli Wines is launching its 15th-anniversary vintage, sourced from the last harvest of the original Sette vineyard. To commemorate the landmark moment in the winery and wine’s journey, they have collaborated with couturier Manish Malhotra for a special packaging. Puja Sekhri, President and Director, Fratelli Vineyards, shares, “The collaboration with Manish Malhotra came from shared thinking rather than novelty. Both worlds value process, detail and the care of an artist’s hand. Manish approached the bottle with that mindset, treating it as a design object, not a decorative piece.” The bottle uses gold on black to offer an instinctive, timeless, confident and luxurious appeal.

The deep ruby liquid within the bottle expresses refined notes of raspberry, violet and blackcurrant, followed by subtle hints of vanilla and spice. As the last vintage, only 15,000 bottles of Sette have been produced, and it is priced at ₹3,500. “Yields were naturally low, which helped concentrate the fruit and shape the character of the wine. Once it’s gone, it won’t be repeated,” says Sekhri. One of the biggest USPs of Sette has always been its ability to age, and the 15th anniversary vintage promises to stay true to that philosophy with the potential to be cellared for 10 years.