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.

Talosa, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Alboreto 2020

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Talosa, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Alboreto 2020

100% Sangiovese grown on sandstone and clay, given two years in oak; the first in small French...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV14.5%

Bottle75cl

CodeTAK220

GrapeSangiovese & Merlot

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Talosa, Chianti Colli Senesi, 2022

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Talosa, Chianti Colli Senesi, 2022

Talosa is principally a producer of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. This comes in part from the...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV14%

Bottle75cl

CodeTAK322

GrapeSangiovese

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Col di Lamo, Rosso di Montalcino, 2022

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Col di Lamo, Rosso di Montalcino, 2022

This wine sells out so quickly in Italy that we have missed the last vintages, but this has...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV14%

Bottle75cl

CodeCDL122

GrapeSangiovese

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Le Lupinaie, Ciliegiolo, Rosso Maremma, 2023

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Le Lupinaie, Ciliegiolo, Rosso Maremma, 2023

For years we have hunted for a Ciliegiolo – this grape is, according to the latest genetic...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV13.5%

Bottle75cl

CodeLUP323

GrapeCiliegiolo

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Le Lupinaie, Morellino di Scansano, 2022

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Le Lupinaie, Morellino di Scansano, 2022
Le Lupinaie, Morellino di Scansano, 2022

It's not just English people who long to live on a farm in Tuscany - in 1991  Aldo...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV13.5%

Bottle75cl

CodeLUP122

GrapeSangiovese

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MAGNUM Le Lupinaie, Morellino di Scansano, 2022

It's not just English people who long to live on a farm in Tuscany - in 1991  Aldo...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV13.5%

Magnum150cl

CodeLUP922

GrapeSangiovese

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I Fabbri, Chianti Classico Riserva, 2019

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I Fabbri, Chianti Classico Riserva, 2019
I Fabbri, Chianti Classico Riserva, 2019

"Mid ruby with orange tinges. Peppery, concentrated and a little brooding on the nose....

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV13.5%

Bottle75cl

CodeIFA319

GrapeSangiovese

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I Fabbri, Chianti Classico, Lamole, 2021

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I Fabbri, Chianti Classico, Lamole, 2021

Susanna Grassi’s Chiantis are so graceful. Her vineyards, in the Lamole subzone of Greve, are...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV13%

Bottle75cl

CodeIFA121

GrapeSangiovese

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Michele Biancardi, Uno Piu Uno, IGT Puglia, 2023

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Michele Biancardi, Uno Piu Uno, IGT Puglia, 2023

From halves of Nero di Troia and Primitivo. Because the grapes come from the very edge of their...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV12.5%

Bottle75cl

CodeBIA123

GrapeNero di Troia & Primitivo

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Michele Biancardi, Primitivo Puro, IGT Puglia, 2022

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Michele Biancardi, Primitivo Puro, IGT Puglia, 2022
Michele Biancardi, Primitivo Puro, IGT Puglia, 2022

As the name implies, 100% Primitivo. Such a seductive wine – flamboyant colour; a flagrant...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV13.5%

Bottle75cl

CodeBIA322

GrapePrimitivo

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Col di Lamo, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, 2016

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Col di Lamo, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, 2016

A barrel selection of the vintage. Soft bricky tone. This opens out spectacularly, flamboyantly...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV14%

Bottle75cl

CodeCDL416

GrapeSangiovese

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Col di Lamo, Brunello di Montalcino, 2019

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Col di Lamo, Brunello di Montalcino, 2019

From two organically farmed plots on sandstone and clay, with some of the alberese, the...

Style

Light > Full

OriginItaly

RegionTuscany

ColourRed

ABV14%

Bottle75cl

CodeCDL319

GrapeSangiovese

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