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Italian red wine

Enjoy the best red wines from Italy

The latitude, climate and landscape of Italy makes it the perfect country for producing quality red wines. In fact, wine is produced in all of the country’s twenty regions, so Italian red wine is a reflection of these regions and their varieties, soils and climates. To give you some examples, we might say that in Piedmont, reds from the DOCG Barolo are full-bodied dry red wines and those from the DOCG Barbaresco are more elegant and refined. Another example would be the Italian red wine from the DOC Bardolino, in Veneto, where they generally make young red wines with a ruby colour and a marked acidity.

Varieties used to make Italian red wines.

Italy is a country that is lucky to have a long history of cultivation when it comes to grape varieties.

Perhaps the most famous grapes used to make Italian red wine are Nebbiolo and Sangiovese. The first is originally from Piedmont and makes very powerful, long aging red wines. The second is typical of Tuscany, and is usually used to make chiantis, easier wines with a somewhat lower aging potential.

Some of the most common varieties by area.

In the northwest of Italy, in Piedmont, the Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto varieties are most common. In the northeast, in Veneto, it’s the Corvina, Molinara and Rondinella varieties; in Friuli, Refosco; in the Trento-Alto Adige, Teroldego, Schiava and Lagrein. In the centre, in Tuscany, it is Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. In the South, in Campania, Aglianico; in Apulia, Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera, Primitivo and Uva di Troia; in Sardinia, Cannonau and Carignano. Finally, in Sicily, it is mostly the Nero d’Avola and Nerello Mascalese varieties.

The Italian red wine scene is extremely rich and diverse thanks to the large number of varieties they grow, the different micro-climates and the diverse soils, with limestone, clay-stony and even volcanic soils. Would you like to try them?

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Fontodi Chianti Classico 2021

Italy DOCG Chianti Classico (Tuscany)

An elegant Chianti Classico with a traditional style
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30.95
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Quintarelli Primofiore 2022

Italy IGP Veneto (Veneto)

A full-bodied red that you can’t put a price on
Quintarelli Primofiore 2022
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94

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68.80
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Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore 2020

Italy DOC Bolgheri Superiore (Tuscany)

A red that borders on perfection
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95

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Decanter

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230.00
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G.D. Vajra Nebbiolo 2023

Italy DOC Langhe Nebbiolo (Piedmont)

Pure, delicate and elegant
G.D. Vajra Nebbiolo 2023
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92

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19.40
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G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe 2021

Italy DOCG Barolo (Piedmont)

A truly poetic Barolo
G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe 2021
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40.95
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Fonterutoli Chianti Classico 2022

Italy DOCG Chianti Classico (Tuscany)

A Tuscan rock wine
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19.50
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COS Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico 2021

Italy DOCG Cerasuolo di Vittoria (Sicily)

The most natural expression of the Italian terroir
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94

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27.75
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Massolino Barolo 2021

Italy DOCG Barolo (Piedmont)

One of the most important Barolo crus
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Bucciarelli Chianti Classico 2018

Italy DOCG Chianti Classico (Tuscany)

A true vinous legacy of Chianti Classico
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94

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22.00
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Alberelli Di Giodo 2020

Italy DOC Sicilia (Sicily)

The volcanic charm of Etna
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94

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59.55
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Giovanni Rosso Etna Rosso 2021

Italy DOC Etna Rosso (Sicily)

Elegance and minerality at the foot of Mount Etna
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94

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28.50
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Eduardo Torres Versante Nord 2022

Italy IGT Terre Siciliane (Sicily)

A biodynamic red from a plot on the north face of Etna
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94

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Fabio Gea Mushroom Panda 2021

Italy Vino da Tavola (Piedmont)

A coveted and expressive Piedmont jewel
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44.95
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Foradori Morei Teroldego 2023

Italy IGT Vigneti Delle Dolomiti (Trentino)

Minerality, purity, and character of the Dolomites Valley
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35.50
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L'Archetipo Primitivo Salento 2021

Italy IGT Salento (Puglia)

The red wine revolutionising the vineyard in Puglia
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93

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14.95
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Bruno Rocca Barbaresco 2020 2021

Italy DOCG Barbaresco (Piedmont)

Passion and excellence embodied in one of the finest red wines from Northern...
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52.65
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