Italian Red Wines
The complexity of Italy is remarkable: so many different grapes, most autochthonous (i.e. native to Italy) and many only grown regionally.
The two key quality red grapes are: Sangiovese, grown all over Tuscany and beyond, and best known for Chianti, and reds made at Montepulciano and Montalcino; and Nebbiolo, the top red of Piedmont, best known for the wines of Barolo and Barbaresco.
Beyond that there are splendid red grapes which can thrive in southern Italy’s heat, from Nero d’Avola and Negroamaro to Aglianico and Primitivo; and the lighter reds of Italy’s north, from Dolcetto to the west; and east of Milan Corvina and Rondinella, the grapes for Valpolicella and Amarone.
The success in the 1970s of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grown on the Tuscan coast at Bolgheri persuaded many in Tuscany and further afield to plant these varieties, plus Syrah; but more recently growers seem to be pulling back from producing these so-called "Super Tuscans".
Italian wine production is marked by two strong and mutually supportive initiatives: the Slow Food movement, which started in Italy, and which celebrates small-scale, artisanal cellars; and a widespread adoption of organic cultivation. Several of our growers, including Di Filippo, Il Palagione and Fiorano farm organically.
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Begali, Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Siora, 2021
Medium-Bodied
From local grape varieties, about 30% of the bunches dried for twenty days, so halfway to an...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourRed
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBEF721
GrapeCorvina, Corvinone & Rondinella
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Il Traliccio, Sangiove Rubicone IGT, 2024
Light-bodied
Light, simple, juicy and cherry-accented. Certainly easy to drink on its own. A Sangiovese from...
OriginItaly
RegionAbruzzo
ColourRed
ABV11%
Bottle75cl
CodeILT424
GrapeSangiovese
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I Fabbri, Chianti Classico Riserva, 2021
Medium Bodied
100% old vine Sangiovese Grosso: a selection from the first-picked grapes given a year in 500l....
OriginItaly
RegionTuscany
ColourRed
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeIFA321
GrapeSangiovese
I Fabbri, Chianti Classico, Lamole, 2022
Medium Bodied
"From the high-elevation vineyards of Lamole. 100% Sangiovese from some of Susanna...
OriginItaly
RegionTuscany
ColourRed
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeIFA122
GrapeSangiovese
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Taliano, Roero Riserva, Bric Bossola, 2021
Medium Bodied
Bric is a hilltop, but these Roero vineyards are also scored by large ravines. Roero lies...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourRed
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeTAN221
GrapeNebbiolo
From several sites owned by the Boasso family in the commune of Serralunga, in the south of the...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourRed
ABV14.5%
Magnum150cl
CodeBOA920
GrapeNebbiolo
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Boasso, Barolo, Lazzarito, 2020
Medium Bodied
The first vintage of this single vineyard wine. Very rich and spicy. Jewelly red-fruited,...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourRed
ABV15%
Bottle75cl
CodeBOA520
GrapeNebbiolo
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Azienda Agricola Boasso, Barolo, Serralunga d'Alba 2020
Medium Bodied
From several sites owned by the Boasso family in the commune of Serralunga, in the south of the...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourRed
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBOA320
GrapeNebbiolo
![Col di Lamo, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, 2019 [Pre-Shipment Offer]](https://www.stonevine.co.uk/media/images/uploaded/products/4864/col.4051.thumb.png)
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2019 was another stellar vintage in Montalcino and “produced wines with amazing balance,...
OriginItaly
RegionTuscany
ColourRed
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeCDL419
GrapeSangiovese
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Azienda Agricola Boasso, Barolo Gabutti, 2020
Medium Bodied
From the Gabutti vineyard below the cellar, a south-east facing site on calcareous marl at...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourRed
ABV15%
Bottle75cl
CodeBOA420
GrapeNebbiolo
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Col di Lamo, Brunello di Montalcino, 2019
Full Bodied
From two organically farmed plots on sandstone and clay, with some of the alberese, the...
OriginItaly
RegionTuscany
ColourRed
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeCDL319
GrapeSangiovese
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The 2021 Brunello vintage has recently been released to critical acclaim with Eric Guido of...
OriginItaly
RegionTuscany
ColourRed
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeCDL321
GrapeSangiovese
