Top 100 red wines of Italy - Page 4
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Italy as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Italy and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Italy
Italy - home of Moscato, Chianti, Amarone and Prosecco">Prosecco - has a Rich and diverse wine heritage that dates back over two thousand years. Famous for its astonishing diversity of Grape varieties and wine styles, Italy is also important for the Volume of wine it produces: just over 4 billion liters (about 1. 06 billion U. S.
gallons) in 2012, from 800,000 hectares of vineyards. It is rivalled in this respect only by France and Spain. (© Wine-Searcher)
Managing and marketing such a vast portfolio of wines is not an easy task, especially in today's highly competitive wine market. The Italian government's wine classification and labeling system uses a four-level quality hierarchy of over 500 DOCG, DOC and IGT titles.
See Italian wine labels.
Italy is divided into 20 administrative regions (see left), all of which produce wine to some degree, and all of which contain various wine regions. The most important, in terms of quality and quantity, are Tuscany, Piedmont and Veneto.
Each region has its flagship wine styles.
Discover the grape variety: Corvinone
It has been cultivated for a very long time in northern Italy, but in France it is hardly known. It should not be confused with corvina, another Italian grape variety that is very present in the same region, both of which are most often associated with rondinella and molinara.
Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Italy
red wines from the region of Italy go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of piglet shoulder with melting baked apples, marinated shoulder of lamb or italian veal roulade.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Italy
On the nose in the region of Italy often reveals types of flavors of non oak, cigar or almonds and sometimes also flavors of red currant, toasty or sour cherry. In the mouth in the region of Italy is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
News from the vineyard of Italy
Unità Geografiche Aggiuntive approved for Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
The amendments to the denomination regulations were officially announced on 1 July 2023 in the Gazzetta Ufficiale (journal of record for the Italian government). The 11 Chianti Classico UGAs, or ‘Additional Geographical Units’, that can appear on Gran Selezione labels are Castellina, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Gaiole, Greve, Lamole, Montefioralle, Panzano, Radda, San Casciano, San Donato in Poggio, and Vagliagli. The recent amendment also increases the minimum percentage of Sangiovese t ...
Decanter magazine latest issue: Christmas 2022
Inside the Christmas 2022 issue of Decanter magazine: FEATURES Mastering Christmas Discover which delicious vinous treats MWs Susie Barrie and Peter Richards will be pouring at home this year Christmas vintages What’s prime for drinking: tips from our experts Vintage preview: Chablis 2021 Short supply, but classic styles in a tricky year. By Andy Howard MW Château Branaire-Ducru What makes this fourth-growth classic a St-Julien gem. Georgina Hindle World of Pinot Noir In a time of change: where ...
Masterclass report: Italian Showstoppers from the Decanter World Wine Awards
Hosting a masterclass at Vinitaly in Verona – one of the wine world’s biggest wine fairs, and Italy’s most prominent – Richard Baudains presented 10 top-scoring Italian wines from the Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 to a captivated audience. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2023, with judging commencing this week, the DWWA is a huge operation. Richard explained that last year, 18,244 wines were entered from 54 countries, and involved 237 experts from around the world, including 54 Masters of ...
Top wines in regions and sub-regions of Italy
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