Italy is the world’s largest producer of wine, and is home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions. Its contribution is about 45–50 million hl per year, and represents about a quarter of global production.Italian wine is exported around the world, as popular among Italians. Italians rank fifth on the world wine consumption list by volume with 42 litres per capita consumption. Grapes are grown in every region of the country and there are more than one million vineyards under cultivation.
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Vietti Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco 75cl, 13.5%
Designation: Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo
Winemaking: Vinification of grapes coming from different vineyards of Nebbiolo most of all included in the Barolo and Barbaresco area.
Alcoholic fermentation lasts around 3/4 weeks. Each parcel is processed and aged separately until when they select which ones will be included for the blend of Perbacco or the ones that will keep ageing to become Barolo Castiglione.
Aging: Total ageing is approximately 2 years. After malolactic done both in barrique and big Slavonian casks, the wine keeps ageing in oak for 2 years. Blending in steel tanks to follow prior bottling.
Description: Offers up generous fruit along with menthol, spices and hard candy, showing notable intensity while retaining an essentially mid-weight style. Strong, intense and powerful when young, complex and elegant with the ageing.
Food Pairings: Hearty stew, wild game, roasted red meats and sharp, aged cheeses
Vietti Barbera d’Alba Trevigne 2017 75cl 14.5%
Designation: Barbera d’Alba DOC
Grapes: 100% Barbera
Winemaking: The grapes are selected from three different vineyards located in Monforte, Castiglione Falletto, La Morra and other few villages in Langhe region, with 45000 vines per hectare. The age of the vines varies from 25 till 40-year-old. Soil is limestone-clay.
Alcoholic fermentation lasts approximately 2 weeks and it’s done in stainless steel tanks with daily pumping overs. Malolactic fermentation is done in steel tanks.
Aging: Mixed ageing between barriques, big casks and stainless steel tanks for approximately 1 year..
Description: Ruby color with ripe red cherry aromas and vanilla. With hints of violets the on the palate it shows bright acidity, soft tannins with good integration of oak, good complexity and a lingering cherry finish.
Food Pairings: Antipasti, rich salads, grilled seasoned vegetables, hearty soups/stews, pastas or with breaded veal, pork, chicken with light sauces
Tenuta San Guido Le Difese 75cl, 14%
Le Difese is the most recent addition to the much celebrated Tenuta San Guido (Sassicaia) family of wines, producing its first vintage in 2002. It takes its name from the teeth of the wild boar, depicted in gold on this landmark label. No teeth in the wine however, as you’re treated to delicious flavours from mature Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese vines that blend to produce a seriously approachable and immensely enjoyable glass of wine.
Primarily made with Cabernet Sauvignon (70%), the wine is blended in perfect harmony with Sangiovese (30%), which is grown in the subzone of Chianti Rufina. This produces a distinctly Tuscan character and personality to the wine, leaving the “international” styles to its bigger brothers. A more youthful wine, it’s meant to be enjoyed together and with food, and to be appreciated by new drinkers as well as seasoned fans of Sassicaia and Guidalberto. Le Difese undergoes ageing in French oak barriques that were previously used for Sassicaia and Guidalberto. It can be said that all 3 wines were created using the same DNA!
The 2021 vintage shares more than the DNA of Guidalberto, it has the same seriously high quality and rather than being a “cheaper version”, provides an alternative vision of the estate and its wonderfully rich heritage in Tuscany.
Whilst stock is indeed limited (as with all wines made from this fabulous estate), Le Difese is the most approachable wine in the family and all the more reason to be snapped up quick!
Sassicaia 2021 Box 6x75cl 14%
Tuscan wine royalty, Tenuta San Guido, releases Sassicaia 2021, the latest vintage of its true iconic flagship wine this February. The 2021, available through importers Armit Wines, has been eagerly anticipated following favourable vintage conditions on the rolling slopes of Bolgheri, towards Tuscany’s stunning western coastline. We sent The Buyer’s very own Italophile, Mike Turner, to taste the wines with Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta and find out more about what proves to be another much sought-after triumph for the team at Tenuta San Guido.
The Sassicaia 2021 Bolgheri Sassicaia of Tenuta San Guido was obtained from Cabernet Sauvignon (85%) and Cabernet Franc (15%) grapes raised in the prestigious DOC of the same name which is located within Tenuta San Guido, located in the territory of Bolgheri (LI). The vineyards of origin are situated on calcareous soils rich in marl, stones and stones (which give the wine its name) and partly clayey, located at an altitude between 100 and 300 metres above sea level. For this red-masterpiece, the alcoholic fermentation took place in stainless steel at a controlled temperature between 28° and 30° C without the addition of external yeasts. After malolactic fermentation, the wine was transferred to French oak barriques (for 1/3 new wood and for the remainder of the first and second passage) where it was aged for 24 months, keeping the masses separated by vineyard origin. The assembly was in fact carried out only close to bottling. Before release, Sassicaia 2021 rested for a certain period of time in the bottle.
Sassicaia 2021 75cl 14%
Tuscan wine royalty, Tenuta San Guido, releases Sassicaia 2021, the latest vintage of its true iconic flagship wine this February. The 2021, available through importers Armit Wines, has been eagerly anticipated following favourable vintage conditions on the rolling slopes of Bolgheri, towards Tuscany’s stunning western coastline. We sent The Buyer’s very own Italophile, Mike Turner, to taste the wines with Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta and find out more about what proves to be another much sought-after triumph for the team at Tenuta San Guido.
The Sassicaia 2021 Bolgheri Sassicaia of Tenuta San Guido was obtained from Cabernet Sauvignon (85%) and Cabernet Franc (15%) grapes raised in the prestigious DOC of the same name which is located within Tenuta San Guido, located in the territory of Bolgheri (LI). The vineyards of origin are situated on calcareous soils rich in marl, stones and stones (which give the wine its name) and partly clayey, located at an altitude between 100 and 300 metres above sea level. For this red-masterpiece, the alcoholic fermentation took place in stainless steel at a controlled temperature between 28° and 30° C without the addition of external yeasts. After malolactic fermentation, the wine was transferred to French oak barriques (for 1/3 new wood and for the remainder of the first and second passage) where it was aged for 24 months, keeping the masses separated by vineyard origin. The assembly was in fact carried out only close to bottling. Before release, Sassicaia 2021 rested for a certain period of time in the bottle.
Ruffino Riserva Ducale Oro Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 75cl, 14.5%
Sangiovese wine grapes with some Merlot and Colorina added to the mix. The 2017 Chianti came from a hot vintage with drought conditions. Higher elevation vineyards did enjoy some cooling breezes overnight giving some relief to the grapes and balance to the wine. This example is intense with dark fruit, clove, anise, dark cherry, grilled wild herbs and smoky flavours on the palate with balanced acidity to match. Pour with a meat-lover’s pizza.
Chianti Classico food pairings: meat-sauce pasta, meat lovers’ pizza, beef stew.
Primitivo di Salenton Itinera 75cl, 14%
The Itinera Prima Classe Primitivo Salento IGT by Mondo del Vino is presented in the glass in a black with red reflections and seduces with the aromas of black cherries, cardamom and a touch of leather.
This pure Primitivo, which was stored in barriques for 8-10 months, shows an explosive fullness on the palate with gentle tannins.
Pellegrino Marsala 75cl 17%
A bottle of Pellegrino’s Marsala Fine. Made from a selection of Sicilian native grapes, the term ‘fine’ indicates minimum ageing, usually a year or less. This is traditionally served as an aperitif between the starter and main courses of a meal.
Monte del Frà Lena di Mezzo Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 75cl, 15.5%
Deep ruby red colour rich in garnet notes. On the nose aromas of cherries, black cherries, plums, liquorice, and leather, to which are added the hints of pepper and cinnamon and, finally, undergrowth. But it is on the palate that the wine shows its extreme elegance and harmony of flavours: at the same time, it reveals a harmonious and velvety yet robust and complex character, dry and full-bodied, generous, and austere.
Maso Montalto Pinot Nero 75cl, 13%
Maso Montalto” is a red wine from the Trento area with an elegant and full-bodied sip, aged for 12 months in oak barrels and at least 15 months in bottle. With an intense, evolved profile and a good expansive richness, with a warm, complex and enveloping structure, it offers the nose clear aromas of berries, black cherry, cherry, sweet spices, alpine herbs and toasted wood nuances.
CHARACTERISTICS
Denomination |
Trentino DOC |
Grape varieties |
Pinot Noir 100% |
Category |
Red Wines |
Region |
Trentino (Italy) |
Alcohol content |
13.0% |
Bottle size |
75 cl Bottle |
Vineyards |
From the farm of the Lunelli estate located on the hills of Monte Bondone at over 400 meters above sea level on clayey soils |
Aging |
12 months in oak barrels, 15 months in bottle |
Additional notes |
Contains sulfites |
Martini Sparkling Rose 75cl
In 1895, Federico Martinotti, invented a new method to create Spumante. By creating the secondary fermentation in a closed and sealed vat he found a way not only to make wines of consistently high quality, but also a way to do it more quickly in order to preserve the natural freshness of the grapes. The process is now: grapes to fermentation, secondary fermentation to bottle.
Martini Asti 75cl
The growing areas for Asti (Piedmont) are difficult areas in which to grow vines. High on the hillsides the vineyards are small, steep and labour intensive. But their unique climate is perfect for the aromatic freshness we need. Machines can not easily operate here and harvesting is nearly always by hand.
Marchesi di Barolo Zagara Moscato d’Asti DOCG 75cl, 5%
Perlage is fine and abundant, while the color is straw-yellow with golden reflections. The aroma is intense, rich in aromatic scents – in particular, it reminds to the orange blossom, peach and apricot – in perfect balance with the low alcohol percentage and the acidity, never very high, which gives the product a pleasant freshness.
Sweet and aromatic wine well combined with desserts at the end of a meal and the classic nougat with hazelnuts. An ideal companion in moments of celebration and a nice refreshing drink at any time of the day, particularly after sports efforts.
Marchesi Di Barolo Malvasia Di Castelnuovi Don Bosco 75cl, 6%
Sparkling rose sweet wine from Piemonte, Italy.
Winery: Marchesi di Barolo
Grapes: Malvasia 100
Region: Malvasia di Castelnuovo don Bosco
A sparkling rose wine made exclusively from carefully picked Malvasia di Schierano grapes.
The perlage is fine and persistent. The colour is pale pink, almost cherry. The aromatic pallet is intense and musky reminiscent of clear scents of wild berries, blueberries and wild strawberries.
The flavour is sweet, slightly sparkling and it ignites the olfactory sensations.
Lunardi Pinot Grigio 75cl 12%
Method of Production: Gentle pressing with 18°C fermentation and fining on leese at 8°C for three months.
Guidalberto 2016 TENUTA SAN GUIDO Toscana 75cl, 14%
ROBERT PARKER (94)
This wine is showing exceptionally well in this classic vintage. The 2016 Guidalberto (Cabernet Sauvignon and a smaller percentage of Merlot) opens to a full and generous bouquet and a beautifully rich and velvety appearance. This edition of Tenuta San Guido’s mid-level wine offers a bigger aromatic profile, more texture and more volume as well. Dark cherry and blackberry segue to spice, tar, leather and sweet fruit at the end. The mouthfeel is elegantly shaped, silky and nuanced. This may well be the best vintage of Guidalberto I have yet to taste—and you can get this wine at a great price too.
JAMES SUCKLING (95)
This is extremely perfumed with aromas of lavender, cinnamon, blackberries, bark and blackcurrants. Full-bodied, extremely refined and polished. Gorgeous fruit and balance. Best ever bottling of this pretty wine from the producers of Sassicaia?