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White
and Rosé
The
Cantina di Negrar Soave Classico and the La Delfina & Casa Defra Pinot
Grigios
are all three superb, lively whites with a zippy charm; the sublimely elegant
Soave Classico
from Stefano Inama comes from one of the greatest winemakers in Italy; and the
Greco di Tufo
from Campani is a supremely exotic beast with a wonderful aroma of mango and
honey.
VENTO
AND PIEMONTE
2008 Soave Classico
Superiore Cantina
di Negrar
Price: £6.99 Bin
No. IT58
2009
Pinot Grigio del Deneto
La Delfina
Price: £5.49
Bin No. IT73
2009
Pinot Grigio Venezie
Casa Defra
Price: £6.49
Bin No. IT75
2006
Soave
Classico Superiore
Inama
Price: £11.99
Bin No. IT79
TUSCANY AND UMBRIA
2005
Orvieto
Classico Secco
Baroncina
Price: £6.49
Bin No. IT69
CAMPANIA
2002
Lacryma Christi
Caputo
Price: £8.99
Bin No. IT72
2006
Greco di Tufo
Terredora
Price: £11.98
Bin No. IT78
SICILY
2008
Italia Grillo Adria Vina
Price: £5.99
Bin No. IT64
Red
FRUILI AND VENETO
The Merlot
del Piave offers soft and fruity drinking from the beautiful Villa Sandi
estate, just north of Venice.
We have added to our range of wines
from Valpolicella and now have an excellent lower priced
range from Cantina di Negrar – don’t confuse lower price with poor
quality!
2007/08
Merlot del Piave
Casa Defra
Price: £6.49
Bin No.
IT41
2008
Valpolicella Classico Superiore
Cantina di Negrar
Price: £6.99
Bin No. IT07
2008
Valpolicella
Ripasso
Cantina di Negrar
Price: £9.99
Bin No. IT18
2006
Amarone della Valpolicella
Cantina
di Negrar
Price: £19.95
Bin No. IT24
2006
Valpolicella Ripasso
Lenotti
Price: £11.99
Bin No. IT03
2005
Amarone della Valpolicella
Lenotti
Price: £23.95
Bin No. IT29
PIEMONTE
Also
on our list are the excellent Pio Cesare
wines: big rich wines including his extraordinary Fides
Barbera d’Alba:one
of the most
powerful wines I have tasted this year. New also are the excellent value
Barbera and Nebbiolo d’Alba from
Marco Porello, whose vineyards lie just outside the Barolo region. The
Villa Lanata Barbera d’Alba ‘Suculé’
is spectacular:
big, rich and comple. Mascarello makes some of the most serious
wines from the region. His Dolcetto
is wonderfully elegant
with latent power, and his
Barolo ‘Bricco’ benchmark structured and not
over-oaked Nebbiolo.
Marco Porello
2006 Barbera d’Alba 'Mommiano'
Marco Porello
Price: £8.98
Bin No. IT32
2006/07 Nebbiolo d’Alba Marco
Porello
Price: £8.98
Bin No. IT28
Mascarello
2005
Dolcetto d'Alba 'Bricco'
Guiseppe Mascarello
Price: £12.99
Bin No. IT04
Pio Cesare
2005/07
Nebbiolo d'Alba
Pio Cesare
Price: £21.98
Bin No. IT08
2004
Barolo
Pio Cesare
Price: £29.95
Bin No. IT09
2005/07
Barbera d'Alba
'Fides'
Pio
Cesare
Price: £28.95
Bin No. IT10
2003
Barbaresco
Pio
Cesare
Price: £29.95
Bin No. IT11
TUSCANY
The entry point
Chiantis from Baronici are
well made with typical soft fruit. More serious are the
Chianti Classico wines
from Ormanni and
Castello di Bossi: Chianti Classico Ormanni unoaked,
with soft underpinning tannins, while Marco Bacci’s
Chianti Classico‘Berado’ is superb, rich and
immaculately made, reflecting the huge investment that Marco has made in the
estate over the last
few years. From master winemaker Roberto Cipresso’s
La Fiorita comes benchmark
Brunello that
has balanced oak
combined with voluptuous blackberry and damson fruit and will age for at least a
decade.
For a wine close in style and quality from Roberto, try his
Laurus: Brunello in all but name!
2007
Chianti
Messere Baroncini
Price: £5.99
Bin No. IT14
2006
Chianti Classico ‘Gallo Nero’
Steccaia - Baroncini
Price: £8.48
Bin No. IT23
2003/04
Chianti Classico
Ormanni
Price: £11.99
Bin No. IT40
2003
Laurus Fiorita
Price: £14.95
Bin No. IT50
2001
Chianti Classico
‘Berado’
Castello di Bossi
Price: £22.95
Bin No. IT52
2000
Brunello di Montalcino
La Fiorita
Price: £39.95
Bin No. IT36
1999
Solaia
Antinori
Price: £159.95
Bin No. IT06
CAMPANIA AND
ABRUZZO
Quite simply one of the most
exciting and blockbusting reds I have tried this millennium is the
Binomio red from Stefano Inama.
2004/05
Lacryma Christi
Caputo Limited Stock
Price: £8.99
Bin No. IT21
2000
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Binomio - Agricola Inama
Price: £29.95
Bin No. IT35
PUGLIA
The
deliciously fruity Rosso Salento and Primitivo A Mano are made by
Californian
Mark Shannon who has had enormous success with these wines.
2007
Primitivo A Mano Madonne
delle Grazie
Price: £7.69 Bin
No. IT17
SICILY
Two excellent
Sicilian wines both made from the Nero d'Avola. They are full of delicious
blackberry fruit and the
Baglio Curatolo is simply sensational. At the entry point level the
L Delfina Nero d 'Avola has delicious crunchy red cherry fruit.
2009
Nero d'Avola
La
Defina (SC)
Price: £4.99
Bin No.
IT20
2006
Nero d'Avola
Villa Tonino
Price: £6.99
Bin No.
IT46
2004
Nero d'Avola 'Baglio Curatolo'
Villa Tonino
Price: £8.98
Bin No.
IT47
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