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Italy is a wonderful patchwork quilt of a country with incredible regionality and local traditions. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the rich profusion of indigenous grape varieties that grace the slopes and plains of many of Italy's wine-producing regions. While wine production dates back centuries, it wasn't until relatively recently that a wave of producers set new benchmarks for fine Italian Wines. Whether you like a more modernist or traditionalist approach, international or indigenous varieties, the Italian wine scene has never been more exciting.
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2008 Paleo Rosso, Le Macchiole
Bottle 75cl £82.68
Case 6 x 75cl £497.16
Case of 6 x 75cl £532.08
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Undoubtedly the star of the show for me, this wine bears all the hallmarks of beautiful, intense Tuscan Cabernet. Showy and rounded with a wild, spicy and concentrated texture. There are hints of smoke and tar beneath the dense, sweet core of fruit and exotic spice. The finish is long, rich and impressive. Wonderfully youthful in its freshness quite...
more2004 Camartina, Querciabella
Bottle 75cl £82.86
Case 3 x 75cl £500.04
Magnum 150cl
Single bottle£353.36
Double Magnum 300cl
Single bottle£808.72
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Old-vine Merlot imparts rich and thick density with a beautiful bouquet of dark fruit, black cherry, cedar, spice and light mahogany smoke. What I notice most about the wine now is the delicate balance of the mouthfeel. You get ample power here. Redigaffi is always distinguished by its compelling intensity, but the wine remains elegant and lithe nonetheless. I would...
more2018 Redigaffi, Tua Rita
Bottle 75cl £166.68
Case 6 x 75cl £508.08
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Even though this is 17 years old, the colour is still an amazingly deep garnet even if the rim is now transparent. Oo, that is rather lovely! Lots of evolution and subtlety, with a hint of quite attractive dustiness, on the nose. It does taste very much more like mature Cabernet (even Bordeaux) than anything informed by Sangiovese. Dry (but...
more2003 Camartina, Querciabella
Bottle 75cl £84.68
Imperial 600cl£519.44
Magnum 150cl
Single bottle£124.16
Bottle 75cl
Case of 6 £310.08
Double Magnum 300cl
Single bottle£256.72
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The 2018 Giusto di Notri comes together with seamless beauty. This is a rich and generous expression that delivers dark fruit intensity with blackberry and black currant, wrapped tightly together with ample oak notes of spice, tar and cured tobacco. The wine offers smooth transition and rich textural fiber, with soft angles and contours that frame the wine's full-bodied approach.96...
more2018 Giusto di Notri, Tua Rita
Imperial 600cl £519.44
Bottle 75cl£86.68
Case of 6 £520.08
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First produced in 2013, this is an especially soft, open-knit style, and yet there is plenty of Nebbiolo persistence and overall grip. It doesn’t take much to see where the Faset is likely to go in coming vintages. Grapes come from a tiny half hectare plot and no more than 2,000 bottles are produced.
more2015 Barbaresco Faset, Luca Roagna
Bottle 75cl £86.68
Bottle 75cl£86.68
Case of 6 £520.08
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This is just the second vintage of this wine, made from a parcel rented by a family friend. Antonio Galloni writes: “Barbaresco Albesani is frankly on another level relative to the other Barbarescos Luca Roagna has recently added to his range.” The chalky soils contribute to the wine’s fragrant aromatics.
more2015 Barbaresco Albesani, Luca Roagna
Bottle 75cl £86.68
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Very rich indeed. Massive spread and hugely opulent. Very grand cru burgundy. So concentrated. A certain wildness. Spice. Fresh and exciting. Long and reverberant. Quite unlike the norm and very Etna but great intensity and balance. 18/20, Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com
more2010 Vigna Barbagalli, Pietradolce
Bottle 75cl £88.68
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2011 Guado al Tasso, Antinori
Bottle 75cl £88.68
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2010 Brunello di Montalcino, Poggio Antico
Bottle 75cl £90.68