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Montevertine Le Pergole Torte 2018
For many, Le Pergole Torte is one of the finest examples of Sangiovese out there. To be grouped into the category of Chianti (despite no longer releasing the wine under the Classico denomination, preferring instead to be judged on Montevertine's own...
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Cantina Giardino Drogone 2018
From a seventy five year old vineyard in Montemarano, this spent two months on skins, followed by two and a half years in chestnut barrels. Striking a perfect balance between maturity and youth, it is a wine of great savoury complexity and beautiful...
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Le Coste Primeur 2021
Aleatico that underwent carbonic maceration for a couple of weeks, before being pressed off to vat to finish fermentation and rest until the following spring. As always this is incredibly perfumed, with heady aromas of exotic flowers, rose and spice...
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Cataldo Calabretta Cirò 2018
Cirò is one of those wonderful regionally-specific wines made with a grape called Gaglioppo that you will hardly ever find outside of Calabria. A little like Nebbiolo in the sense that it pours a pale ruby in the glass, yet impresses with an...
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Principiano Ferdinando Serralunga Barolo 2018
In the prized vineyards of the Barolo DOCG it is rare to find producers that are making wine without the addition of at least a small amount of suphur in the cellar - Principiano Ferdinando have eschewed it since the early 2000s. The vines, in Serralunga...
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Le Coste Gambrinus 2017
When this wine was first made in 2010, it attained a cult-like status amongst wine lovers. After a long wait, we are thrilled to have received a little of the second iteration of Gambrinus. This is Aleatico from the old vineyards that usually go into...
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Le Coste Nini 2020
Inspired by Clementine and Gianmarco’s time working for the great vignerons of France, this Syrah from young vines was fermented carbonically as whole bunches for three weeks before pressed off to old barrels for a year. Playful and light on its...
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Pacina Canaiolo 2018
Canaiolo is one of the blending grapes in Chianti, but the DO does not recognise it when it is turned into wine on its own. A curiosity then, but one that makes so much sense! The grape has good structure, but has aromatic lift. Bags of pure, inky fruit...
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Jean-Yves Peron I Vicini Barbera 2019
I Vicini is Jean-Yves' négociant label, specifically when he uses grapes that make the passage over the alps from Italy. It sounds unlikely, but a glance at the map reveals that the vines in Piemonte from which this Barbera was harvested are only...
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Jacopo Stigliano Lauv 2019
Lauv means wolf in Bologna’s dialect as there are plenty which roam the vineyards near here. This is a field blend of seven red varieties from vineyards up to a hundred years of age, planted on hills of clay and limestone some two to three hundred...
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Ar.Pe.Pe. Rosso di Valtellina 2020
We’re interested in wine with that all important ‘sense of place’ - if you want to really understand that term then this is a good wine to help you do so, it’s how we learned too! Valtellina is in a valley in the extreme north of...
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Controcorrente Vermouth Rosso
Imported directly and excusively by Wayward. Made over a base wine of Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara from Daniele Piccinin, which is then steeped with a botanical tincture of thyme, helichrysum and rhubarb, before being fortified with alcohol and sugar...
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La Stoppa Trebbiolo 2020
One of our go-to bottles when we want a decent vino de tavola to accompany a hearty feast of rich Emilia-style cuisine. There is something about the wine from this part of Italy - the savoury character, the high acidity - that makes it such a...
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Gazzetta Rosso Piero 2020
The latest from Gazzetta! A wonderful producer we're very fond of, and have been lucky enough to visit a couple of times just outside Orvieto, beside Lake Bolsena. Merlot from the Ajola vineyards in Orvieto, fermented on the skins for two weeks and aged...
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Cascina Tavijn Teresa 2020
Ruchè from young vines planted over sand, silt and limestone. Destemmed grapes ferment on their skins for two months before being pressed off for nine months of rest in concrete. Named after Nadia’s mother, this heady mix of black fruits,...
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Cascina Iuli Rossore 2017
One of our top picks for the colder months at that sweet-spot, mid-range price point - Rossore is dark, brooding Piedmontese Barbera that sees a maturation in old barrels, adding many layers of complex cedar spice to wrap around the savoury red fruits...
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Baglio Antico Rosso 2020
Classic Sicilian red grape Nero d'Avola, here in wonderfully expressive form and with an invitingly accessible price-tag. If you're not familiar with this staple grape of the Southerly Italian island and enjoy bold Cabernet Sauvignon or Malbec then we'd...
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Vini Rabasco Cancelli Rosso 2020
It’s pleasure all the way with this particularly generous Montepulciano that takes the term ‘fruit-driven’ to new levels. A real cherry-bomb explosion - red and black, sour, even in confected cherry drop form too. The juice is also...
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Testalonga Dolceacqua 2017
From Rossese vines up to one hundred years old planted over clay and limestone in the famed Arcagna vineyard, high in the hills above Dolceacqua. The wine making here is old-school and the grapes are fermented with whole bunches for a fortnight...
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Sassi Rosso 2020
*Wayward Everyday Drinking* Sassi is a great new label for some seriously good value wine from Abruzzo, Italy, made by bringing together the grapes from seven different producers dotted around the region, all of whom are working organically and...
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