Top 100 wines of Colli di Luni

Discover the top 100 best wines of Colli di Luni of Colli di Luni as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Colli di Luni and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Colli di Luni

The wine region of Colli di Luni is located in the region of Ligurie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lvnae or the Domaine Lvnae produce mainly wines white, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Colli di Luni are Vermentino, Sangiovese and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Colli di Luni often reveals types of flavors of citrus, almonds or melon and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak or grapefruit.

In the mouth of Colli di Luni is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 43 estates and châteaux in the of Colli di Luni, producing 133 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Colli di Luni go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese.

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Colli di Luni

wines from the region of Colli di Luni go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of tagliatelle with spinach cream, pike dumplings with shrimp sauce or fondue comtoise (very digestible).

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Colli di Luni

On the nose in the region of Colli di Luni often reveals types of flavors of citrus, almonds or melon and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak or grapefruit. In the mouth in the region of Colli di Luni is a powerful with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Colli di Luni

Under-the-radar Brunello producers in 2022

Michaela Morris tasted 130 wines for her latest reports on the wines of Brunello: Brunello di Montalcino 2017 and Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2016. While Brunello is dominated by well-established families and star winemakers, there is still room for up-and-coming producers to make a name for themselves in this prestigious denomination. Scroll down to see a selection of eight wines from these five under-the-radar Brunello producers This is especially true now that the available vineyard area h ...

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine A&E Verset, Cornas

Emmanuelle Verset is the sixth generation to make wine in her family, and represents the E in Domaine A&E Verset. The A is for Alain, her father. She took over from him in 2016 at the age of 24, and is one of the few female winemakers in Cornas. The Verset name runs deep in this part of the Rhône. You might have heard of Noël Verset (1919 – 2015), whose bottles are highly sought-after today – Noël was Alain’s uncle. Scroll down to see Matt Walls tasting notes and scores for six Domaine A& ...

The Macallan launches 81-year-old whisky

The spirit was filled into a single ex-Sherry cask at the Speyside distillery in 1940, shortly before The Second World War forced The Macallan to close for the first time in its history. Bottled at 41.6% abv, only 288 decanters are available worldwide, featuring eye-catching packaging: a mouth-blown glass decanter sitting on a bronze sculpture of three hands, created by Scottish artist Saskia Robinson. The hands represent the distillery workers of 1940 who made the whisky; former Macallan chairm ...