In this channel dedicated to red wines that are produced on the whole Italian territory, wines and wine will introduce you to the region by region and type of wine to all the best Italian wineries.
Organoleptic characteristics: The color is a more or less intense ruby red tending to garnet, while the smell is typical, pleasant and intense. In the mouth it is dry, rightly tannic, fruity and persistent. When stored in wooden barrels it...
Characteristics: The Amarone della Valpolicella wine has a bright red color, with garnet notes and intense aromas of dried fruit, tobacco and spices. At the palate it recalls notes of fruit, accompanied by a strong fragrance. It has a dry and at...
Description of the wine: Barbaresco is a red wine with evocative and complex aromas that recall raspberry, red fruit jam, violet, geranium, cinnamon, green pepper, nutmeg, toasted hazelnut, vanilla and anise. After four years of aging can be...
Characteristics: Its color is ruby red and tends to garnet with aging. The smell is characterised by scents of small red fruits evolving into hints of jam and fruit in alcohol, and by balsamic and spicy notes. At the taste it is warm, full...
Characteristics: The color is ruby red, sometimes tending to cherry, and turns to garnet with aging. The smell is characteristic and vinous with hints of cherry, 'marasca' cherry, strawberry, raspberry, currant and hints of spices. The...
Description of the wine: It is the greatest Italian wine, known as "King of Wines and Wine of Kings." A red wine that has hints of red berries, cherry in liqueur and jam, as well as rose and withered violet, spices, licorice, cocoa, tobacco...
Description of the wine: Botticino is a traditional red wine of Brescia, produced since the days of the Romans and come to us thanks to its quality and the characteristics of the territory. Organoleptic characteristics: Botticino has a ruby...
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The uniqueness of Brachetto d'Acqui is given by its natural sweetness and spicy aroma, in all three types produced: Red, Rosé and Sparkling Wine (made with the Charmat or Martinotti method).
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Description of the wine: Brunello is a wine rich in scents of flowers and fruit in alcohol, elegant toastings, tertiary and balsamic notes that accompany a strong, decisive and capable of aging structure, that often improves itself, even along...
Characteristics: The Buttafuoco wine appears with a more or less intense bright red color, has a vinous and intense smell and a dry and full-bodied taste. Historical-cultural information and curiosities: The cultivation of vines in this area...
Description of the wine: Cabernet is a full and intense red wine. In it, scents of the grapes of two vines, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, are intertwined in a harmonious and balanced way. Organoleptic characteristics: The Cabernet...
Organoleptic characteristics: Cabernet Franc has ruby red color, a bit pale, with orange glares. It has a strong, complex aroma, which encompasses licorice, musk, freshly cut grass, berries, and a fresh taste, full-bodied, pleasant and...
Description of the wine: The grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon are not vinified very often in single-variety, because they tend to give very robust and tannic wines. Despite this, Cabernet Sauvignon is a great red wine, elegant, refined, tasty and...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Cabreo La Pietra wine has bright golden yellow color, has a strong and rich aroma, and in the mouth it is velvety, harmonious and complex, with hints of spice, vanilla, butter and hints of peaches. Serving...
Description of the wine: It is the most famous and appreciated red wine of Sardinia, a wine suitable for aging. Organoleptic characteristics: The red Cannonau of Sardinia has an intense ruby red color which, aging, tends to orange. The...
Organoleptic characteristics: It has an intense ruby color tending to garnet, has a vinous smell with hints of "mammolo" grape. In the mouth it is dry, fruity, full-bodied, harmonious and smooth. Historical-cultural information and...
The Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG was born in the area of Vittoria (RG) in the second half of 1600. This wine has been recognized with the DOCG with the Decree of 13th September 2005. The name "Cerasuolo" comes from "cerasa" or cherry. There are...
Organoleptic characteristics: Chianti has a lively ruby red color tending to garnet with aging, it has a intensely vinous smell, sometimes with a scent of "mammola" violets and with a more pronounced character of finesse with aging. Its...
Description of the wine: It is the world's most popular Sangiovese-based wine, thanks to the symbol with the black rooster that characterises it, and has historically always been composed by a mix of grape varieties, with Sangiovese to...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Red Cirò has as a more or less intense ruby red color, with violet reflections (tending to garnet in reserves). It has a pleasant, delicate, intensely vinous smell. In the mouth it is dry, full-bodied, warm,...
Description of the wine: This wine represents a different interpretation from the typical character of Tuscan wines. A versatile wine, to be consumed throughout the meal, but characteristic. Organoleptic characteristics: The Collepino wine has...
Characteristics: The color is ruby red, more or less intense, it has a vinous and characteristic smell. In the mouth it ranges from dry to sweet, it is savory, soft, full-bodied, velvety. Historical-cultural information and curiosities: ...
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The denomination Colli di Conegliano encloses in itself, as well as the white type, also the red wine.
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The producted wine presents a straw yellow color, has a winey...
Organoleptic characteristics: Cornalin has ruby red color, an intense and distinctive aroma, and a dry, harmonious, slightly tannic, almond taste. Historical-cultural information and curiosities: According to some scholars, the vine Cornalin...
Description of the wine: Warm and strong wine, of complex and seductive scent. Organoleptic characteristics: It has an intense purple color, an aroma of red fruits with a prevalence of cherry, with recongnizable spicy hints of pepper and...
Description of the wine: It is a gentle, harmonious, full of elegance wine, with a final that recalls the finess of the first contact and closes with fulfilling serenity. Organoleptic characteristics: It has an intense ruby red color, with...
Description of the wine: Dolcetto is a red wine, one of the most famous Italian wines, which is produced from grapes of the same name (Dolcetto vines, in fact), in Piedmont. Organoleptic characteristics: The Dolcetto wines are generally of...
Organoleptic characteristics: This wine has a ruby red color with garnet glares with aging. It has an intense and characteristic aroma, and a dry, warm, robust, full-bodied, harmonious taste. Historical-cultural information and curiosities:...
Organoleptic characteristics: The color is ruby red, more or less intense (tending to red brick with aging), its aroma is delicate and ethereal, persistent. In the mouth it is dry, well-balanced, medium-bodied and distinctive. ...
Organoleptic characteristics: This wine has a ruby red color with shades of violet, sometimes tending to purple, and has a delicate, vinous and intense aroma. In the mouth it is dry, soft, with a bitter aftertaste. Serving suggestions: ...
Organoleptic characteristics: It is a wine with an intense red garnet color, with hints of rose and violet, notes of licorice, vanilla, dark spices and undergrowth. In the mouth it is important, austere, with a good body and thick and elegant...
Description of the wine: There are two DOC for this wine of Piedmont: Grignolino d'Asti and Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese. It is a wine that is not suitable for aging (Monferrato Casalese even less than Asti), and therefore should be...
Characteristics: This wine has a brilliant ruby red color. Its aroma is vinous, characteristic, fruity as young and spicy with aging. Its taste is fruity, characteristic, fine, with a typical salinity and a possible almond aftertaste. ...
Organoleptic characteristics: This wine shows an intense ruby red color tending to deep garnet. Its aroma is dry and pleasant, typical of its variety. Its taste is dry, soft, velvety, full. The rosé type has light ruby red color, with...
Description of the wine: Lambrusco is one of the few sparkling red wines, the result of centuries of winemaking tradition in the territory of the Emilia Romagna region. Organoleptic characteristics: Lambrusco has ruby red or garnet color,...
Description of the wine: Malbech expresses its originality with its scent, appreciated in Italy as well as abroad. Organoleptic characteristics: This wine has a ruby red color, tending to garnet with aging. It has a vinous and...
Organoleptic characteristics: It has a ruby red color, a characteristic and pronounced aroma. In the mouth is tastes dry, full and pleasant. Historical-cultural information and curiosities: Famous is the anecdote about Mozart who, as a...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Valle d'Aosta Mayole wine has ruby red color tending to garnet, a fine and delicate aroma, and a soft flavour with a bitter aftertaste. Historical-cultural information and curiosities: The first...
Description of the wine: In single-variety winemaking, Merlot is a wine of class, soft, velvety, dry, robust. From the vinification of Merlot with other grapes various Italian DOC are obtained. Organoleptic characteristics: The Merlot wines...
Organoleptic characteristics: Monferato Freisa has ruby red color, sometimes tending to garnet. It has a characteristic and delicate aroma. In the mouth it is dry and sweet, slightly bitter, sometimes lively. Historical-cultural information...
Organoleptic characteristics: This wine has red color, vinous and pleasant aroma and fresh, dry, sometimes lively taste. Historical-cultural information and curiosity: The vinegrowing has always been an integral part of Monferrato, of culture...
Description of the wine: Tasting the Montecucco wines, intermediate notes are felt, with a Sangiovese often in the middle between the expression of Ilcinese Rosso and the more immediate Morellino: it is the ideal trait d'union between Tuscany's...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Dry type has an intense ruby red color, sometimes with purple glares and tending to garnet with aging. It has a delicate, distinctive aroma that reminds of blackberries. In the mouth it is dry and harmonious....
Organoleptic characteristics: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo has an intense ruby red color with light purple hues, tending to garnet with aging. It smells of red fruits and spices, it is intense and ethereal. In the mouth it is full, dry,...
Organoleptic characteristics: The color is ruby red tending to garnet. It has a vinous, ethereal, fine and very pleasant aroma. In the mouth it is dry, austere, warm, slightly tannic. Historical-cultural information and curiosities: Wine of...
Oganoleptic characteristics: It has a deep red color, very dark, with bright purple hues. Its aroma is very complex but balanced, where you can find the features of the three grape varieties with which it is produced, but without any prevail....
Description of the wine: The wines produced from Nebbiolo grapes are full-bodied, complex, characterized by high acidity which is compensated by an equally high alcohol content. From Nebbiolo grapes great Italian wines are produced: Barolo and...
Description of the wine: Negresco is a full-bodied wine, with an excellent temperament, coming from grapes linked to the production of the Garda Classico DOC. Organoleptic characteristics: The Negrasco wine has strong and bright ruby red...
Characteristics: Nero d'Avola has a purple, ruby red color, tending to garnet with aging. It has a characteristic, fruity, sometimes with notes of marasca cherry aroma. In the mouth it is soft, pleasantly sour, full. Historical-cultural...
Organoleptic Characteristics: The Ormeasco di Pornassio wine has lively ruby red color, a persistent, winey, characteristic aroma and, in the mouth, it is dry, pleasant, medium-bodied, with a bitter note. Historical-cultural information...
Description of the wine: The name "raisin" derives from the peculiar wine-making technique that consists in leaving the grapes to dry. This is to make sure that in the wine sugars and flavours are present and concentrated: raisin wines are...
Description of the wine: It is a world renown grape variety, considered one of the noblest and most difficult to grow and vinify. The main feature of the wine produced with Pinot Noir is the typical acidity, that, when mixed with aromas of red...
Organoleptic characteristics: The red Pomino has bright ruby red color with garnet hues, more or less intense. It has a vinous, intense and characteristic aroma, and in the mouth it is dry, harmonious and powerful, slightly tannic in youth. ...
Description of the wine: It is one of the most famous wines of Puglia, thanks to its adaptability to different types of dishes and also thanks to its liqueur versions, more alcoholic. Organoleptic characteristics: Primitivo di Manduria has...
Description of the wine: Raboso wine is entirely local, coming from a grape variety native of the Treviso area, very rustic and resistant to diseases. There are two types: Raboso Veronese, sweetish, and Raboso Piave, which stands out for its...
Organoleptic characteristics: The complex production process gives rise to a wine with a deep red color with violet or garnet glares if aged, with an intense aroma of dried fruit and cherries in spirit, and with full, fat, strong and sweet...
Description of the wine: The Refosco wine is fresh and simple, fruity, which according to the areas of production may be more or less intense and structured. In Friuli-Venezia Giulia there are eight DOC that provide for the single-variety...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Ripasso Valpolicella wine has intense red color tending to garnet with aging. It has a characteristic and pleasant aroma and, in the mouth, it is full, velvety, full-bodied. Historical-cultural infos and...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Roero Arnei wine has straw yellow color, it has a delicate, fresh, possibly with a hint of wood aroma and, in the mouth, it is elegant, harmonious and possibly tannins. Historical-cultural information and...
Description of the wine: In an area traditionally suited for the cultivation of white berry grapes, a rich, thick, clean red wine is produced. It is expression of the land it comes from, southern of Lake Garda. Organoleptic characteristics: ...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Piceno wine has ruby red color, more or less intense, has a characteristic and delicate aroma, and in the mouth it is balanced, pleasantly dry. Historical-cultural infos and curiosities: Viticulture and...
Description of the wine: It is a classic Tuscan wine, fresh, to serve when young. It is very versatile and can be consumed at the table every day. Organoleptic characteristics: Rosso Toscana has red color, tending to garnet with aging, but...
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The Rosato Veronese is a lively, fresh and fruity wine, to be consumed young.
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The Rosato Veronese wine looks pinkish in color, with a fresh, young...
Description of the wine: From Sangiovese grapes in single-variety vinification Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino are produced. The latter is lively young, more versatile in couplings with food, a wine ready to drink that should be consumed...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Salice Salentino wine has ruby red color, more or less intense, with possible red brick glares with aging. It has a vinous, pleasing, intense, characteristic aroma. In the mouth is full, dry, robust but...
Description of the wine: San Leonardo is a wine of so-called "Bordeaux style". Tasting it we can enjoy the aromas of French and Trentino's grapes. This wine is very intense, tasteful, full-bodied but balanced. Organoleptic characteristics: ...
Description of the wine: The Sangiovese di Romagna wine is a classic of the Emilia Romagna's tradition. It is a wine that emits aromas of red fruits and flowers, the result of a strong local tradition in winemaking. This wine is produced also...
Description of the wine: Solerto is a typical Tuscan red wine (IGT Toscana), bottled directly by the producer, the result of an ancient tradition. Organoleptic characteristics: Solerto has ruby red color, with the typical Sangiovese aromas...
Organoleptic characteristics: From Syrah grape variety a ruby red wine with purple hues is produced. It has an intense and fruity aroma with hints of small black berries and spices, especially black pepper. It has a structured and persistent...
Description of the wine: The Tageto wine is a Costa Toscana Rosso IGT. It is vinified in a small area of Tuscany where the grapes of French vines found an excellent climate to enhance their features and give an intense and structured wine. ...
Description of the wine: Tai Rosso Colli Berici is a ready to drink wine, fresh, not too alcoholic, of original bouquet. Organoleptic characteristics: The Tai Rosso wine has a light ruby red color, it has a vinous, intense and characteristic...
Description of the wine: Taurasi is considered one of the best wines of southern Italy, although it is not very famous. A red wine of class, structured and balanced, the result of a local tradition difficult to find in other regions of...
Description of the wine: The Teroldego Rotaliano wine is called the prince of Trentino wines, and has shaped the history of the land where it was created. Organoleptic characteristics: The Teroldego Rotaliano has a very intense ruby red...
Description of the wine: Tignanello Antinori is one of the finest and appreciated abroad Italian wines. It is the result of the experiments of Piero Antinori in the sixties, and was the first among the wines of Chianti not to be vinified with...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Turriga wine has an intense ruby red color and rich and complex aroma. In the mouth it is structured, balanced, fine and persistent. Historical-cultural information and curiosities: Turriga, the "Sardinian...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Val di Neto red wine has more or less intense red color, it has a vinous and characteristic aroma, and in the mouth it is harmonious, typical. Historical-cultural information and curiosities: The grapes for...
Organoleptic characteristics: Valle d'Aosta Fumin has an intense ruby red color with violet hues. It has a characteristic odor of spices and, in the mouth, it is austere with a bitter aftertaste. Historical-cultural tips and curiosities: ...
Organoleptic characteristics: The Valpolicella wine has red color tending to garnet with aging. It has a vinous smell with pleasant, delicate and characteristic aroma that can remember bitter almonds. In the mouth it is velvety, full-bodied,...
Description of the wine: This DOCG includes, from west to east, five sub-denominations: Valtellina Superiore Maroggia, Valtellina Superiore Sassella, Valtellina Superiore Grumello, Valtellina Superiore Inferno, Valtellina Superiore Valgella. ...
Description of the wine: Verduno Pelaverga has always been considered an aphrodisiac wine as it is easy to drink and for its spicy and fragrant aroma, structured but at the same time graceful. Organoleptic characteristics: The Verduno wine has...
Organoleptic characteristics: Its color is golden yellow/amber, it has an intense aroma (of toasted hazelnuts, almond blossoms, spices), which is ethereal, fragrant. It has fruity, very warm, full, soft flavour. Serving suggestions: It is a...
Description of the wine: It is a raisin wine created also, but not only, from the drying of the grapes. This wine is typically rich and complex, with a degree of sweetness always well balanced between acidity and extract, a minimum of volatile...
Description of the wine: Volpolo is an elegant Bordeaux style red wine, fresh, spicy and involving. Organoleptic characteristics: Volpolo has ruby red color with garnet reflections. It has a spicy scent with notes of blueberry, that...
Although the production of wines in the region has decreased, the variety of the territory makes that moving from the sea towards the mountains red wines grow in strenght and tannic structure. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo stands out among the others for its intense organoleptic characteristics.
Basilicata offers a limited choice, but not for this less interesting: Vulture, the ancient volcano, enriches Aglianico that finds on its slopes rare finess and elegance. Matera, Grottino di Roccanuova and Terre dell'Alta Val d'Agri are the other denominations that have scarce visibility.
A great red wine of quality that characterizes and makes Calabria famous, the Cir red DOC wine. From the Tyrrhenian coast, you can find also Lamezia and Val di Neto, that have always accompanied the culture and the traditions of the territory.
The value of the wines produced in this region is unquestionable, if we think that since ancient times the grapes of Aglianico were vinified and jars opened after a century. Taurasi is the most important denomination, but wines of excellence are also Terra di Lavoro and Lacryma Christi.
Emilia Romagna is today one of the Italian region which produce more wine. Lambrisco, in addidion to its business potential, was able to highly reevaluate itself in the latest years from the point of view of quality, sign that the drinkable wines, if well-made, will continue to have importance...
Friuli is considered the region of excellence for the production of white wines, but some local red wines such as Schioppettino, Raboso, Refosco, are able to resist within a very large production of international wines such as Cabernet, Pinot Nero, Merlot.
Lazio is a land of excellent red wines to be drunk when young, especially from Sangiovese, Merlot and Shyraz grapes. In the latest ten years the attention of the Lazio's territory toward the production of wine has increased considerably.
The territory of Liguria offers various types of red wines of good value and quality, although the production is scarce: a factor that indicates the quality and the goodness of the final product, result of traditions and local customs. Ormerasco and Rossese stand out among the regional DOC.
Lombardy is a various region from a climatic point of view, influenced most of all by the presence of the lakes, a variety that makes possible the production of different types of wine. In this region you can find one of the greatest bets of Italian winemaking, not already fully exploited:...
The Marche region is the land of Rosso Conero and Rosso Piceno, but also of Lacrima di Morro d'Alba. An unespected curiosity to find in this region, precisely in the province of Pesaro Urbino, a Pinot Nero of character outside Alto Adige, arrived here two centuries ago, that has adapted itself...
At the border of Valle d'Aosta and Piedmont the land of Nebbiolo begins, the father of the great red wines of Piedmont: Barolo, Barbaresco, Roero, Gattinara, Ghemme. Not to forget are: Barbera, that gives origin to great red wines such as Barbera d'Asti, and Chiaretto.
Puglia presents a differentiated territory: while in the North Sangiovese and Montepulciano grapes are grown, in the South you can find local vines that allow the production of Primitivo di Manduria (from Primitivo di Manduria grapes, indeed) and Salice Salentino (from the Negro Amaro and...
Sardinia has an ancient vocation for the production of great red wines from Cannonau, Carignano and Bovale vines. Vinification from these grapes, both in single-variety and in blends, gives origin to wines able to age for a long time, elegant and soft, of strong aromas, which have asserted...
The red wines of Sicily reach high levels of sensorial complexity that go beyond the image of a hot-climate wine. The region is experiencing a period of harmony thanks to the outstanding success of Nero d'Avola, but we can not forget the other great red wines from Frappato, Nerello Mescalese and...
In Trentino, Teroldego is produced. It has become DOC, one of the best red wines in Italy. Entering Alto Adige, the cultivations of international vines combine with local Lagrein grapes, characteristic for their good aging qualities, and Schiava, that gives simple and fine wines.
In Tuscany, Sangiovese is the king of the vines, taking part in the production of Carmignano, Brunello, Montalcino, Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano, Chianti (and of its eight denominations), giving them body and ability to age, and leading the region to the top of Italian viticulture.
In Umbria the Sangiovese grapes are the base of the famous Torgiano wine. Particularly well-known is Montefalco Sagrantino, produced with the Sagrantino vine of the same name, a red wine structured and suitable for aging.
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Amarone, Recioto di Anarone, Valpolicella: these are the names of the most famous and satisfying red wines of the Northeast and beyond. On the coast of Lake Garda, overlooking the city of Verona, instead, Bardolino is produced. All these great red wines carry with them the ancient traditions of...
