Italian Red Wines
Raìna, Montefalco Sagrantino "Le Pretelle" 2015
Wein
- €39,90
Le Pretelle is a single position based on limestone and pebbles with old sagrantine life, from which Francesco Mariani gets the quintessence of what the grape variety has to offer. And that's a lot. Sagrantino lacks nothing - if you read it at the right time and this is generally rarely before m...
Raina: "Le Campette" 2020
Wein
- €16,90
Cuvées with Sagrantino have been produced for centuries. Its gripping tannins, full body and variety of flavours predestine it for this. In the past, it was often accompanied by the white Trebbiano Spoletino, but is now almost always complemented by Sangiovese. This provides balance with its inhe...
Raina: Montefalco Sagrantino Docg "Campo di Raina" 2017
Wein
- €27,90
In the introduction to her book Natural Wine, which is well worth reading, Alice Feiring describes the difficulties of her first attempts at vinification: Little seems clear, with the exception of the choice of grape variety - unusually for an American, she was determined to make her debut with S...
Raìna: Rosso della Gobba 2020
Wein
- €12,90
The Rosso della Gobba from Francesco Mariani combines Sagrantino, Sangiovese and Montepulciano, the three great red grape varieties of central Italy, to produce a pleasant, inviting red table wine. Francesco favours finesse and elegance over substance in the Rosso della Gobba. As always, the wo...
Rocco di Carpeneto: Admura 2016
Wein
- €19,90
The idea was as well-intentioned as it was obvious. When Giovanni Dalmasso crossed Nebbiolo and Barbera in his laboratory in 1938, he wanted to combine the best attributes of the two dominant Piedmontese grape varieties: the fragrance and intensity of Nebbiolo with the vibrancy and freshness of B...
Rocco di Carpeneto: Aur-oura 2020
Wein
- €13,90
The entry-level wine in Rocco di Carpeneto's Dolcetto world - downgraded to DOC by Lidia and Paolo, although this voluntary downgrading is difficult to understand even for us: although the Aur-oura is a classic second wine from the Gaggero and Vicario vineyards, the quality of the grape material ...
Rocco di Carpeneto: Losna 2018
Wein
- €17,20
Dolcetto is a fantastic variety with one crucial problem: it is overshadowed by Nebbiolo. Whether this is justified or not remains to be seen, but the fact is that in Alba and the surrounding area, every reasonably decent vineyard is planted with Nebbiolo. For Dolcetto - but also for the great Gr...
Rocco di Carpeneto: Reitemp 2016
Wein
- €19,90
The top Barbera from Rocco di Carpeneto: it combines all the positive attributes that one would expect from this grape variety: precise aromas, a truly lively acidity, vitality, substance and density and an earthy, rustic undertone. The vines, planted in 1955, are all rooted in the clay and loam-...
Rocco di Carpeneto: Steira 2018
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- €19,90
Even though all wines at Rocco di Carpeneto receive similar attention, the STEIRA, Piedmontese for star, shines brightest in the young winery's Dolcetto sky. The grapes for this come from the Vigneto Rocco, planted in 1970; the yields are low, but the quality is all the higher. The early-ripening...
SRC Alberello 2018
Wein
- €44,80
Rori Parasiliti's old Nerello-Mascalese-vines, trained as Alberello, grow on a one-hectare plot in the Contrada (vineyard) Crasà on the northern slopes of Mount Etna. They provide him with grapes that have substance and depth, which he transforms into a radiant and subtle wine that can definitely...
SRC Rivaggi 2019
Wein
- €44,80
Cuvée made from Nerello Mascalese (80%) and Grenache (20%). The first grape variety is obvious, the second comes as something of a surprise. Grenache can be found in many Italian wine-growing regions, but hardly ever under its original name: In Sardinia it is called Cannonau (and is by far the mo...
Tenuta Grillo: Igiea 2005
Wein
- €27,80
The Igiea is a single-varietal Barbera from the Alto Monferrato. However, as this is not allowed to appear on the label, because in Italy, as in all other European countries, there is a somewhat confused idea of how a grape variety and a region should manifest themselves in a wine, Guido Zampagli...
Tenuta Grillo: Pecoranera 2004
Wein
- €26,80
Freisa, the protagonist in this blend with an 80% share, is one of the most exciting grape varieties in Piedmont. As a close relative of Nebbiolo, it has very similar attributes - subtle aromas, robust acidity, plenty of tannin and immense ageing potential - but has one actually positive characte...
Tenuta Grillo: Pratoasciutto 2006
Wein
- €26,80
Dolcetto plays the leading role and no other variety has a say. It is matured in old vats, fermented beforehand with its own yeasts, the maceration time is long (40 days), the harvest is manual and the work in the vineyard is geared towards minimal yields (2500kg/ha). The wine only contains micro...
Tenuta Saiano: Mai Uguale 2020
Rotwein
- €29,90
Romagna is Sangiovese country. Some believe that this is where the great central Italian grape variety originated - and not in Tuscany. In Valmarecchia, the home of Tenuta Saiano, it has been planted for centuries in a soil whose mixture of chalk, sandstone and clay gives the variety tension and...