Italian Red Wine

This wine is elegant and well balanced, with a good structure and aroma. Ruby red in color with purple hues, it offers light hints of raisins, sophisticated notes of vanilla, black pepper, cloves and cinnamon. It has a long, velvety... Read More

With more than six generations of winegrowing tradition, Allegrini is the most-awarded winery in the Veneto and the benchmark for Amarone. The Allegrini family’s innovations in appassimento winemaking have made the estate’s... Read More

Amid the eastern hills of Montalcino near Siena in central Tuscany, stands the magnificently elegant 14th century-built Palazzo Altesi, home to the Altesino winery. The ancient coat of arms, carved in white Carrara marble, is... Read More

All these wines in this flight from Andrea Oberto show a powerful 15% alcohol content across the board. It's all a bit much. The 2018 Barolo del Comune di La Morra reveals ripe fruit, dried cherry, black rose and toasted anise.... Read More

This is our fourth vintage of Andretta from Tenuta Vitanza, named after the husband of the winery owner Guido Andretta, as a present to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. Guido wanted his wife to make a masculine Brunello... Read More

The Pèppoli vineyards produce a Chianti Classico that is a blend made from Sangiovese grapes and complementary varieties; Peppoli is recognized and appreciated for the full expression of its fruit. A wine that represents... Read More

This red shines for its elegance and purity of fruit, offering cherry, strawberry, rose and a flash of earth matched to a firm, well-integrated structure. Charming and approachable now, yet has a firm base of tannins too. Shows... Read More

Made from grapes deriving from the best suited winegrowing areas of Chianti, this wine fully expresses the best features of the traditional, typical Tuscan Sangiovese grape.

The Santa Cristina Rosso shows a full red color with purplish highlights. The nose, pleasurable and intense, offers fruity notes of cherries, blackberries, and plums fused with aromas of vanilla and coffee. The palate is supple,... Read More

This Sangiovese blended with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah offers a nose of black cherry, chocolate, dirt and coffee grinds, with a palate of bing cherries, medicinal herbs and more coffee. A velvety richness is brought... Read More

The famed Italian wine region of Piedmont gives the world exquisite Barolo and Nebbiolo, however some of the best values are found in Barbera. Such is the case for the Aresca Barbera d'Asti Superiore La Rossa 2020, rated Tre... Read More

Very Pinot-like, this red exudes cherry, raspberry, rose and spice flavors, with gamy hints on the nose and palate. Though silky, this has a solid spine of dense tannins, with the eucalyptus and tar notes bringing this squarely... Read More

Hand harvested from the best cru vineyards including: Castiglione Falletto, La Morra, Monforte d'Alba, & Serralunga, then aged over three years prior to release. For the price the Arnaldo Rivera Barolo is one of the finest... Read More

Classic Tuscan notes of notes of dark cherries, plums, sweet spice, violets, vanilla and hints of dark chocolate, the tannins are well integrated with the alcohol and lead to a silky finish. Aged 18 months in French barrique,... Read More

A bright and vivid VN with cherry, violet and hibiscus aromas and hints of peach and lemon that follow through to a medium body. There are fine and integrated tannins and a vivid finish with lots of energy. From biodynamically... Read More

As the Wine Spectator's Top 10 of 2024 winds down with the release of their Wine of the Year, we spotlight a promising candidate for the top spot or the Top 100 that will be released on Monday. An Italian producer that needs... Read More

The 2021 vintage of Barbanera's SerPasso Rosso could be the best ever. It's certainly the highest rating critics have ever given! The term Super Tuscan, coined by Robert Parker in the 1970's is a fairly recent style... Read More

Made only in exceptional years, Amarone is lushly flavored, intensely concentrated and silky-textured. It is deep garnet, velvety-red in color with aromas of wild-cherry jam, spice and hints of cedar. It delivers rich, dry, black-cherry... Read More

Carlo Volpi has unleashed a lusciously flavorsome barrique-aged red wine which skilfully combines weighty flavor and distinct sophistication. The fruit is ripe and deep, the oaking deft and sensitive, and the overall impact harmonious... Read More

The most famous wine made in Tuscany is Brunello di Montalcino. 100% Sangiovese aged five years after harvest, the Cantina di Montalcino is an amazing value in the much-hyped 2019 vintage. Founded in 1970 as the only cooperative... Read More

The Caprili Brunello di Montalcino is a blockbuster red in the much-hyped 2019 vintage. We went and searched for a traditional style Brunello that outclassed its counterparts, and came back to Caprili, a winery that we haven't... Read More

Multifaceted from the get-go, with aromas of cherry, fresh mushroom, spice and woodsy underbrush, this balanced and persistent red features ripe fruit and mineral flavors, with a fresh, flinty, gravelly finish. Combines elegance... Read More

Ruby red, garnet reflections on aging. The nose is intense with hints of violets, berries and cherries. The palate is velvety, well-rounded, full bodied and well balanced.

Intense ruby red with garnet reflections. Elegant, full, harmonious, and persistent with suggestions of vanilla and raspberry. Long and velvety, full, generous, and warm.

The nose is fruity with hints of cherry, coffee, vanilla, and spice. It is full and soft on the palate with complex and well-developed flavors and tannins. Great for everyday drinking, this wine is a great value that pairs well... Read More