The Veneto region is perfect for the production of light fruity reds great in youth with vibrant yet soft fresh fruits. This Corvina/Merlot is no exception. The light colour leads to a gentle nose of cherry and berry fruit with just a hint of green pepper. The palate is equally delicate with no rough edges and a light to medium body which combines beautifully with the cherry and raspberry fruit character. This is not a profound wine but at the price it is easy and very pleasant drinking! Very good slightly chilled with a sausage and red pepper Panino!
The deep colur suggests dark fruits and they come through on nose and palate with dark cherry, damson and hints of coffee and chocolate. This youthful wine maintains its freshness with medium acidity and clean neat back palate.
A wine that offers sensational impact for the modest price point. The deep ruby colour leads to a ripe sunshine aroma of dark plums and cherries with just a whiff of montepulciano' earthy complexity. The palate is all about softness and lush fruit with surprising length and fabulous poise. This is great everyday wine and far too easy to finish the bottle in one sitting!
This is a beautifully crafted wine from Le Marche in middle Italy. The vibrant purple hued appearance leads to a fresh summery perfume of rose, strawberry, Morello cherry and liquorice root. The uncomplicated juiciness of the palate begs for a second or third glass!
I tasted this with some friends over home made Tagliatelle and sausage. The marriage was perfect. Nero d'Avola in my view struggles to be a very high quality wine and lacks the complexity and subtlety of some of Sicily's other varieties. But at this price it is superb! The nose is of intense plums and blackberries with mocha and leather undertones. On the palate the rich dark fruit does its job perfectly and the tannins and acidity are well balanced. The finish is unsophisticated but still spicy and good! This is lovely as an everyday wine for any meat dishes.
This is Di Majo Norante’s entry level wine but it is far from that. Made from very ripe Sangiovese berries, the red fruit aromas leap out of the glass. The palate is crisp, refreshing and pleasing and typical southern Italian style. A lovely juicy wine for grilled meats or ragu of minced lamb and pork.
In Puglia a 'Masseria' is a farm and 'Pietrosa' means stony referring to poor, stony soils in which the vines of the estate lie. The estate is part of the excellent San Marzano co-operative and the wines show excellent value with great freshness and scented fruit character.
This excellent example of Sardinian red opens with generous fragrances of ripe wild berries and sweet violets. The palate is full and generous with excellent tannic structure and warmth of alcohol. The finish is long and seamless, excellent wine for roast pork and crackling with mash and plenty of red cabbage!
You will not find many 100% Ciliegiolo wines on the market but this wine certainly merits its creation. The bright vibrant purple colour entices the drinker and leads to a bubbly, lively nose of fresh cherry, raspberry and blueberry with notes of dried herbs and minerals. The palate is very fresh, youthful and prickly with the crunchy fruit balanced by elegant acidity and soft tannins. You could chill this wine happily in the summer to have with grilled lamb and good sausage with herbs. I drank it with cold 'affettato', spicy salami, olives and hard goat's cheese! This wine perhaps more then any other is quintessentially Mediterranean!
This is an unusual wine and a style that is found often in Italy but is not always appreciated in the UK. Gutturnio is the most famous wine of the Colli Piacentini, its name historically derived from the traditional gutturnium jug that people drank the wine from. It is a generally a blend of 55-70% Barbera, grapes which grow in profusion on the banks of the river Po, Italy's largest river, with Croatina and/or Bonarda filling out the remaining portions of the blend. It can be produced in a variety of styles ranging from dry to slightly sweet, still to slightly sparkling. Under DOC regulations harvest yields are restricted to a maximum of 12 tons per hectare and alcohol levels of the wines must reach a minimum of 12%. The charm of Gutturnio is in its intense ripe fruit character which marks it out as quintessentially Emilian and the high acidity and frothiness of the 'frizzante' style make it an ideal foil for the fatty meat dishes of the Po valley.
Type: Semi Sparkling (Frizzante) full bodied red wine
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