VINI ROSSO DOZEN
Two bottles each of six delicious Italian reds: Boasso, Barbera d’Alba, Superiore 2024 Le Tende, Bardolino Classico, 2025 Begali, Valpolicella Ripasso, La Cengia, 2023 Fiorano, I Paoli... Read More
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Azienda Agricola Boasso, Barbera d'Alba Superiore, 2024
“Superiore” may be added if the wine is aged for a year prior to release, of which at least four months must be in barrel: here the wine goes into traditional large Slavonian oak vats for a year. Arguably this is the best value wine in the Boasso cellar. 2024 was a cool vintage and Claudio says this reminds him of the Barberas that he grew up drinking twenty years ago. Medium-bodied but full of plum and blackberry flavours. Generous and hearty but not over-ripe with well-covered tannins....
ColourRed
RegionPiedmont
GrowerAzienda Agricola Boasso
Grape VarietyBarbera
Vintage2024
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeBOA624
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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Le Tende, Bardolino Classico, 2025
This has quickly become a firm favourite with both customers and the SVS team. Made from 80% Corvina and 20% Rondinella, organically grown on the banks of Lake Garda, it is a brilliant summer red. The 2025 leaps out of the glass with cherry and wild strawberry aromas backed up by a delightful floral note. The palate is light and juicy with more strawberry fruit and hints of raspberry coulis. Very fresh and bright with just enough tannin to give the all important structure and depth. Try it...
ColourRed
RegionVeneto
Grape VarietyCorvina & Rondinella
Vintage2025
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeLET625
Victoria Moore
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Victoria Moore is the author of the best-selling and award-winning book The Wine Dine Dictionary, and shares her knowledge of wine, winemakers and the wonderful world of food and drink pairings in her weekly Saturday column and Telegraph Luxury online.
Any wine you see on our website that...
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Begali, Valpolicella Ripasso, La Cengia, 2023
2/3 Corvina and 1/3 Rondinella, crafted in the Ripasso style by which the wine is left on the skins of the desiccated grapes used after the production of Amarone for about 10-12 days to promote a second fermentation, giving enhanced texture and alcohol. Fleshy and ripe, red-fruited, well-textured, with hints of tobacco and woodsmoke. La Cengia is the name of the subzone of Valpolicella where the vineyard for this wine lies. Now-2030
The Begali family is one of the founding...
ColourRed
RegionVeneto
Sub RegionValpolicella
GrowerBegali
Grape VarietyCorvina & Rondinella
Vintage2
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeBEF223
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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Fiorano, I Paoli Sangiovese, Marche IGT, 2024
Named after the owners/winemakers Paolo and Paola, this has become one of our most popular reds, which would appeal to all who enjoy a juicy and graceful style - for example Beaujolais lovers. About 10% has whole bunch fermentation and it's given five or six days maceration on the skins. This smells and tastes of crushed red fruit - strawberries and raspberries. Vibrant, with just the merest hint of tannin, it can be enjoyed on its own or with any Italian food, from pizza to the...
ColourRed
RegionMarche
GrowerFiorano
Grape VarietySangiovese
Vintage2024
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
MethodOrganic
DietaryVegan
CodeFIO124
Fiorano, Le Marche, Italy
Fiorano
Cossignano, Le 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...
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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...
Talosa, Rosso di Montepulciano, 2024
85% Sangiovese, 10% Canaiolo and 5% Merlot, given eight months in old Slavonian vats: generous, offering Sangiovese cherry and dark berry flavours with plenty of texture and supple tannic underpinning. Fruit returns on the finish. Now-2029
We have been working with the family owned Talosa estate since 2012: they may not be the grandest address in Montepulciano (although their cellars are spectacular, hollowed out of the rock, and including an Etruscan shrine), but their wines...
ColourRed
RegionTuscany
Sub RegionMontepulciano
GrowerTalosa
Grape VarietySangiovese, Merlot & Canaiolo
Vintage2022
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeTAK124
Merlot
Origins
- Bordeaux region. Known by 18thC
- Now much more widely planted in Bordeaux than Cabernet Sauvignon
Characteristics
- Productive - high yielding …but early budding, so vulnerable to frost (e.g. 1956)
- In comparison to Cabernet Sauvignon: higher sugars and appealing...
Michele Biancardi, Anima di Nero, Nero di Troia, IGT Puglia, 2021
Last time we shipped this wine, it received a fabulous review from the press and sold out quickly. We are very happy to have it back. Nero di Troia is the most important red grape in the northern part of Puglia and makes more structured serious wines than those found further south. Aged in large oak barrels, this is warming, spicy and dark-fruited with notes of sun-baked earth and mountain thyme alongside the mulberries and wild plums. A robust red for red meats and hard...
ColourRed
RegionTuscany
GrowerMichele Biancardi
Grape VarietyNero di Troia
Vintage2021
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeBIA421
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VINI ROSSO DOZEN
Two bottles each of six delicious Italian reds:
Boasso, Barbera d’Alba, Superiore 2024
Le Tende, Bardolino Classico, 2025
Begali, Valpolicella Ripasso, La Cengia, 2023
Fiorano, I Paoli Sangiovese, Marche IGT, 2024
Talosa, Rosso di Montepulciano, 2024
Biancardi, Anima di Nero, Nero di Troia, Puglia, 2021
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
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