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Italian red wine

Enjoy the best red wines from Italy

The latitude, climate and landscape of Italy makes it the perfect country for producing quality red wines. In fact, wine is produced in all of the country’s twenty regions, so Italian red wine is a reflection of these regions and their varieties, soils and climates. To give you some examples, we might say that in Piedmont, reds from the DOCG Barolo are full-bodied dry red wines and those from the DOCG Barbaresco are more elegant and refined. Another example would be the Italian red wine from the DOC Bardolino, in Veneto, where they generally make young red wines with a ruby colour and a marked acidity.

Varieties used to make Italian red wines.

Italy is a country that is lucky to have a long history of cultivation when it comes to grape varieties.

Perhaps the most famous grapes used to make Italian red wine are Nebbiolo and Sangiovese. The first is originally from Piedmont and makes very powerful, long aging red wines. The second is typical of Tuscany, and is usually used to make chiantis, easier wines with a somewhat lower aging potential.

Some of the most common varieties by area.

In the northwest of Italy, in Piedmont, the Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto varieties are most common. In the northeast, in Veneto, it’s the Corvina, Molinara and Rondinella varieties; in Friuli, Refosco; in the Trento-Alto Adige, Teroldego, Schiava and Lagrein. In the centre, in Tuscany, it is Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. In the South, in Campania, Aglianico; in Apulia, Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera, Primitivo and Uva di Troia; in Sardinia, Cannonau and Carignano. Finally, in Sicily, it is mostly the Nero d’Avola and Nerello Mascalese varieties.

The Italian red wine scene is extremely rich and diverse thanks to the large number of varieties they grow, the different micro-climates and the diverse soils, with limestone, clay-stony and even volcanic soils. Would you like to try them?

The finest Italian red wines: from the elegance of nebbiolo in Piedmont to the warmth of sangiovese in Tuscany. Discover iconic labels and cult wineries.

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Foradori Granato Teroldego 2023

Italy IGT Vigneti Delle Dolomiti (Trentino)

A prime example of the passion and expertise of “La Signora del Teroldego”
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Foradori Morei Teroldego 2024

Italy IGT Vigneti Delle Dolomiti (Trentino)

Minerality, purity, and character of the Dolomites Valley
Foradori Morei Teroldego 2024
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35.15
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Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove 2023

Italy DOC Bolgheri Superiore (Tuscany)

Ornellaia’s “second wine”
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61.40
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Mazzei Concerto Di Fonterutoli 2023

Italy IGP Rosso Toscana (Tuscany)

The Tuscan landscape in a bottle
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59.65
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Tenuta San Guido Guidalberto 2024

Italy IGP Toscana (Tuscany)

The little brother of the prestigious Sassicaia
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Planeta Etna Rosso 2023

Italy DOC Etna Rosso (Sicily)

A monovarietal Nerello Mascalese - a Sicilian red wine with a volcanic identity
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Tagaro Cinquenoci Primitivo 2024

Italy IGP Puglia (Puglia)

An expressive Primitivo from southern Italy
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Podere Giodo La Quinta 2022

Italy IGT Toscana (Tuscany)

Precision with landscape
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45.35
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G.D. Vajra Dolcetto d'Alba 2024

Italy DOC Dolcetto d'Alba (Piedmont)

A pure, vibrant and fruity expression
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Ceretto Barbaresco Bernadot 2020

Italy DOCG Barbaresco (Piedmont)

Aromatic, elegant and wild
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Sàgona Gattorosso 2024

Italy IGP Toscana (Tuscany)

A heartwarming snapshot of the region
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15.95
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Graci Etna Rosso 2023

Italy DOC Etna Rosso (Sicily)

Tasty volcanic minerality
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G.D. Vajra Nebbiolo 2025

Italy DOC Langhe Nebbiolo (Piedmont)

Pure, delicate and elegant
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