Rossi for the Cantina Dozen
Six fine and age-worthy reds from Italy's best regions. Huge 15% discount too, saving £47.30 or very nearly £4 a bottle.
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Fiorano, Terre di Giobbe, Rosso Piceno Superiore, 2021
Rosso Piceno Superiore comes from a group of 13 villages near Ascoli Piceno. This example is from 80% Montepulciano aged in old French oak barrels and 20% Sangiovese from stainless steel, adding some freshness. Ripeness and meatiness. Dark-fruited - blackberries and blackcurrants - and potent, with notes of black olive. This big, structured wine demands robust food: one would drink it there with the wild boar of Norcia – but anything slow cooked would be as good here, for example belly of...
ColourRed
RegionMarche
GrowerFiorano
Grape VarietyMontepulciano & Sangiovese
Vintage2021
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
MethodOrganic
DietaryVegan
CodeFIO321
Fiorano
Cossignano, Marche, Italy
We started working with Paolo Beretta (formerly a dentist) and Paola Massi (a research pharmacologist) in 2015, with immediate success.
Their wines exemplify perfectly the virtues of small-scale - they tend just 10 hectares of vines - organic cultivation. All exhibit an entrancing purity of fruit, and all are bottled with minimal sulphur...
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Sangiovese
Sangiovese
Sangiovese is Chianti. fresh, perfumed fruit with a fine spice of acidity and clean refined palate - can age well.
Origins
- Originally known in its wild form by the Etruscans in the area around what is now Florence as Sanguis Jovis, or ‘Blood of...
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 been worth waiting for. 100% Sangiovese, organically farmed, aged in old vats. Soft ruby. Lovely ripe strawberry and cherry flavours, pure and intense; with a little peppery spice and proper tannic support. Definitive mini-Brunello – needs food, but it would drink well with any red meat – or mushroom-based dishes for that matter. Flowers excitingly; and finishes so well, all red fruit and nutmeg....
ColourRed
RegionTuscany
GrowerCol di Lamo
Grape VarietySangiovese
Vintage2022
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
MethodOrganic
CodeCDL122
Sangiovese
Sangiovese
Sangiovese is Chianti. fresh, perfumed fruit with a fine spice of acidity and clean refined palate - can age well.
Origins
- Originally known in its wild form by the Etruscans in the area around what is now Florence as Sanguis Jovis, or ‘Blood of...
I Fabbri, Chianti Classico, Terra di Lamole, 2021
90% Sangiovese, 10% Canaiolo, about half in cement and half in French oak. Light and soft hue. Very perfumed red fruit on nose. Structured and serious with Christmas spice, morello cherry and wild plum fruit. Long, sappy finish. Very light on its feet – balletic. Just a little of that Sangiovese savouriness peeping out already. Supporting tannins there. So aromatic - this just flowers in the mouth - all the way to a very long finish. 13.5%. Now-2030
“Just mid ruby. A nose...
ColourRed
RegionTuscany
Sub RegionChianti Classico
GrowerI Fabbri
Vintage2021
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeIFA221
Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Begali, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, 2020
The Begali family is one of the founding members of Le Famiglie Storiche, the historic families of Amarone, an association formed in 2009 to promote high quality Amarone. An ancient, stunning and unique style, Amarone is made from selected bunches of grapes dried in the autumn to concentrate the sugars - hence the high alcohol level - and dry extract. In this country Amarone is often drunk to accompany hard cheese at the end of a meal (and it’s great with well-aged cheddar) but in Verona...
ColourRed
RegionVeneto
Sub RegionValpolicella
GrowerBegali
Grape VarietyCorvina, Rondinella & Corvinone
Vintage2020
ABV16.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeBEF420
Begali
San Pietro in Cariano, Veneto, Italy
The Begali family - father Lorenzo, son Giordano and daughter Tiliana - farm 10 hectares just east of Lake Garda.
Although small, this is a top Valpolicella estate, having won numerous Tre Bicchieri awards in the Gambero Rosso guide. Furthermore Begali are one of the thirteen "Famiglie Storiche", historic familes of Amarone, an...
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Azienda Agricola Boasso, Barbera d'Alba Superiore, 2022
“Superiore” may be added if the wine is aged for a year prior to release, of which at least four months must in barrel. Here the wine goes into traditional Slavonian oak vats for a year. Arguably this is the best value wine in the Boasso cellar which lies just across a valley from Serralunga in the Barolo zone. So much flesh and richness. Chocolate accents over vital plum and blackberry flavours. Well-covered tannins. Already delicious. Now-2028
ColourRed
RegionPiedmont
GrowerAzienda Agricola Boasso
Grape VarietyBarbera
Vintage2022
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeBOA622
Azienda Agricola Boasso
Serralunga, Italy
The Boasso family’s cellar, in the tiny hamlet of Gabutti, lies just above the steep slope of their top vineyard, facing the little hilltop village of Serralunga across a deep valley.
The cellar is tiny but spotless and perfectly equipped. Nebbiolos from Serralunga have a famed reputation for quality, but also for firm tannins: these Barolos can be...
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Azienda Agricola Boasso, Barolo, Serralunga d'Alba 2020
From several sites owned by the Boasso family in the commune of Serralunga, in the south of the Barolo DOCG. 30 months in 25hl oak barrels. Intense aromas of red fruit with a singed edge. Fleshy, all melting strawberries and candlewax. Gentle structure - so ready for drinking already, though plenty of potential for keeping too. Now-2031
Serralunga d’Alba. Developed mid ruby with bright orange tinges. Dark, deep and peppery on the nose. Spice and ripe, red cherry on the palate...
ColourRed
StyleFortified
RegionPiedmont
Sub RegionBarolo
GrowerBoasso
Grape VarietyNebbiolo
Vintage2020
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeBOA320
Azienda Agricola Boasso
Serralunga, Italy
The Boasso family’s cellar, in the tiny hamlet of Gabutti, lies just above the steep slope of their top vineyard, facing the little hilltop village of Serralunga across a deep valley.
The cellar is tiny but spotless and perfectly equipped. Nebbiolos from Serralunga have a famed reputation for quality, but also for firm tannins: these Barolos can be...
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Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Rossi for the Cantina Dozen
Six fine and age-worthy reds from Italy's best regions. Huge 15% discount too, saving £47.30 or very nearly £4 a bottle.
Great choice of good-value wines in the January sales. The website is really easy to use to make up an order. Delivery, as is often the case, was within 24 hours and, as usual, was well-packed.Read More
I've bought a couple of cases recently, and many more in years gone by, and have really enjoyed their selection. They have a good range of interesting wines from some classic and some more…Read More
Judging by the wines I have had, someone is doing a very good job in selecting the wines to put before the public, and at a very fair price. Delivery from online purchases as also been quick and…Read More
Great company with good service and good prices. Highly recommended.Read More
One of my favourite independents. Been enjoying these special wines for more than 10 years. Always interesting choices, and always great value in the sales!Read More
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