The best wines of Calabria

Discover the best wines of Calabria as well as the best winemakers of Calabria and estates of Calabria to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Calabria and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Calabria by region

Looking for a good wine of Calabria among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Calabria. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Calabria with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Calabria

See the top 100 best red wines of Calabria

Want to buy a red wine of Calabria cheap or sell a red wine of Calabria at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Calabria

Red wines from the region of Calabria go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, fideuà (paella with pasta and fish) or leg of lamb bravado in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Calabria

On the nose the red wine of the region of Calabria. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pepper or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Calabria. is a powerful.

The best vintages in red wine of Calabria

  • 2006With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1915With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.43/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.31/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.29/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.28/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Calabria

  • Gaglioppo
  • Nerello Cappuccio
  • Magliocco Canino
  • Magliocco Dolce
  • Sangiovese
  • Greco

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Calabria

A wine route planned in the region of Calabria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Calabria.

Discovering the wine region of Calabria

Calabria is a wine region in southern Italy, in fact a large peninsula that juts out between the Ionian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is separated from Sicily by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its northern border with Basilicata is marked by the peaks of the southern Apennines. Calabria and its wines have undergone many influences over the centuries.

It was the ancient Greeks who first cultivated wine vines here. For many centuries, Calabrian wines were famous not only in Italy, but also in other European countries. However, their glory began to Fade with competition from French regions such as Bordeaux. These were closer, both geographically and culturally, to key markets such as London and Amsterdam.

Great white wines of Calabria

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Calabria

White wines from the region of Calabria go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of scallops in coral sauce, quiche without pastry or rillettes of sardines.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Calabria

On the nose the white wine of the region of Calabria. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Calabria. is a powerful.

The best vintages in white wine of Calabria

  • 2020With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.98/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Calabria

  • Chardonnay
  • Greco Bianco
  • Greco
  • Zibibbo
  • Malvasia
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Calabria

A wine route planned in the region of Calabria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Calabria.

Discover the grape variety: Moscato

Great sparkling wines of Calabria

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Calabria

Sparkling wines from the region of Calabria go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of ham and cheese cake, skate with capers or chicken tagine with olives and potatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Calabria

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Calabria. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Calabria

  • 2011With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.65/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Calabria

  • Greco Bianco
  • Gaglioppo
  • Chardonnay
  • Malvasia
  • Riesling
  • Traminer

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Calabria

A wine route planned in the region of Calabria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Calabria.

The word of the wine: Licking

Operation consisting in sanitizing a barrel by introducing a wick of ignited sulphur which produces a release of sulphurous gas.

Great pink wines of Calabria

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Calabria

Pink wines from the region of Calabria go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering"., leg of lamb with spices or haddock with curry cream.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Calabria

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Calabria. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, strawberries or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or spices.

The best vintages in pink wine of Calabria

  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.87/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Calabria

  • Gaglioppo
  • Greco Nero
  • Magliocco Canino
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Aglianico
  • Greco

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Calabria

A wine route planned in the region of Calabria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Calabria.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Great sweet wines of Calabria

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Calabria

Sweet wines from the region of Calabria go well with generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of real chocolate cake, bouillabaisse like in marseille or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Calabria

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Calabria. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Calabria

  • 2007With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.38/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Calabria

  • Moscato
  • Greco
  • Greco Bianco
  • Magliocco Dolce
  • Zibibbo
  • Mantonico Bianco

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Calabria

A wine route planned in the region of Calabria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Calabria.

The word of the wine: INAO

National Institute of Origin and Quality. French organization depending on the Ministry of Agriculture and in charge of quality signs: AOC, IGP, labels and organic farming.

Great unknow wines of Calabria

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Food and wine pairing with a unknow wine of Calabria

Unknow wines from the region of Calabria go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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