VAT and all taxes for UK are included in the price. And free delivery for orders +£150!

Decántalo
Contact

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.

Filter and sort

Italy Close Country

  • --- ---

search
search
search
Filter and sort

Active filters

Country: Italy

Cava d'Onice Rosso di Montalcino 2022

Italy DOC Rosso di Montalcino (Tuscany)

The dream of a family transformed into a Montalcino treasure
Cava d'Onice Rosso di...
Quick view
93

Suckling

Price
£26.32
Duty paid
  • New

Occhipinti Il Frappato 2023

Italy IGT Terre Siciliane (Sicily)

Arianna Occhipinti’s most personal red
Occhipinti Il Frappato 2023
Quick view
Price
£36.48
Duty paid
  • New

Zisola Noto Rosso 2022

Italy

The new Nero d'Avola style
Zisola Noto Rosso 2022
Quick view
93

Decántalo

Price
£19.12
Duty paid
  • New

Francesco Marra Primitivo 2021

Italy IGT Salento (Puglia)

Mediterranean warmth in its purest form
Francesco Marra Primitivo 2021
Quick view
94

Decántalo

Price
£25.33
Duty paid
  • New

Avignonesi DaDi Toscana 2022

Italy IGP Toscana (Tuscany)

A vibrant and authentic expression of Tuscany
Avignonesi DaDi Toscana 2022
Quick view
91

Decántalo

90

Suckling

Price
£19.88
Duty paid
  • New

Mazzei Concerto Di Fonterutoli 2023

Italy IGP Rosso Toscana (Tuscany)

The Tuscan landscape in a bottle
Mazzei Concerto Di...
Quick view
94

Decántalo

94

Suckling

95

Decanter

Price
£52.55
Duty paid
  • New
Ver más