Top 100 red wines of Spoleto

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

Discovering the wine region of Spoleto

The wine region of Spoleto is located in the region of Ombrie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Le Cimate or the Domaine Antonelli San Marco produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Spoleto are Sangiovese et Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Spoleto often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

In the mouth of Spoleto is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 15 estates and châteaux in the of Spoleto, producing 27 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Spoleto go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks.

News from the vineyard of Spoleto

Drought emergency declared in northern Italy

Severe drought in northern Italy has led to the country’s government declaring a state of emergency in several regions, including Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto. Funds of €36.5m (£31m) would be made available to these regions for drought relief, the government said. Agriculture body Coldiretti said last week that the Po river, which flows across northern Italy to the Adriatic Sea, was almost unrecognisable. Drought in the Po Valley threatened around 30% of n ...

Rare Lynch-Bages auction with ‘mythical’ 1961 is 100% sold

Strong demand for Château Lynch-Bages wines from collectors in Europe, US and Asia helped ensure all 342 lots in the London-based auction were sold, said Sotheby’s. Total sales at the 25 March event hit £877,826 ($1.16m), eclipsing a pre-sale high estimate of just under £700,000. It’s another sign of a strong auction market, and of Lynch-Bages’ popularity; this Pauillac-based Bordeaux estate owned by the Cazes family has long been known for punching above its fifth growth status in the 1855 Clas ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...