#Sangiovese

Jun 13

WINE OF THE WEEK: Villa Cafaggio Chianti Classico 2021, Italy

A great value, food-friendly Chianti Classico from an organic estate in the heart of the region

May 9

WINE OF THE WEEK: Remastered Sangiovese 2022, Romagna, Italy

When I want an easygoing, inexpensive Italian red wine, I'll go for this Remastered Sangiovese from Romagna

Nov 15, 2023

High-flying, High-altitude Italian Wines

Vineyards protected by cold northern winds at Tenuta San Leonardo, Italy's answer to elegant, first-growth Bordeaux When I chose the 14...

Nov 9, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Querciabella Ardalico Chianti Classico 2020, Italy

£19.99, Waitrose This very pretty, fruit-forward, young Chianti Classico is named after Ardalico, a character in the epic novel Orlando...

Dec 16, 2021

WINE OF THE WEEK: La Scelta di Sofia Sangiovese di Toscana Bianco 2020, Italy

£11.99/£9.99, Laithwaites, Averys This is as appealing as it is unusual: a white wine made from Sangiovese, Tuscany's principal red grape...

Nov 25, 2021

WINE OF THE WEEK: Riecine Chianti Classico 2019, Italy

£21/£18, Tanners Wines Riecine in Gaiole has always been one of my favourite Chianti estates and its wines have only improved since I...

Oct 21, 2021

WINE OF THE WEEK: The Best Toscana 2019, Tuscany, Italy

£8.50/£10, Morrisons I had scheduled this Tuscan red for next week, but it's on offer at £8.50 until 2 November, so I've pulled it...

Jun 30, 2021

Acidity – Something to be Celebrated Not Feared: the launch of Luce 2018

Two things came together for Frescobaldi's Luce in 2018, a model vintage without any of the extremes of the previous year and the opening...

Apr 15, 2021

WINE OF THE WEEK: Selvapiana Chianti Rufina 2018, Italy

£13.50–£17.49, The Wine Society, The Wine Reserve, Old Bridge Wine Shop, The Fine Wine Company, Valvona & Crolla, Theatre of Wine, ...

Jan 5, 2021

Monterosola: Sitting Pretty Between Tuscany's Stars

Monterosola's stylishly labelled wines: two whites on the left, then four of the five reds I haven’t visited Monterosola in Tuscany, but...

Oct 28, 2020

Sipping Siepi with the Best of 'Em

Gnocchi with girolles, chanterelles and black truffle paired with the 2011 vintage of Castello di Fonterutoli's super-Tuscan Siepi, at a...

Oct 24, 2019

WINE OF THE WEEK: Castello Collemassari Montecucco Rosso Riserva 2015, Tuscany, Italy

£14.99, Waitrose This is the perfect wine for people who like the thought of Chianti but sometimes find the reality too lean and...

Jun 24, 2019

A new Tuscan superstar?

After a career steering many of Tuscany's top wines into the limelight, Carlo Ferrini, the consultant to so many glittering Italian...

Mar 1, 2019

4 top Italian reds – from Tuscany, Trentino and Lombardy

Tasting notes on another four impressive Italian recent releases, following on from my Caiarossa blog The four wines – San Leonardo from...

Feb 28, 2019

WINE OF THE WEEK: Antonelli Montefalco Rosso 2015, Umbria, Italy

£12.75 (on offer), Jeroboams Montefalco Rosso is one of my go-to Italian reds when I'm in Italy, an approachable alternative to Umbria's...

Feb 5, 2019

Affordable Italians from the south and Tuscany

My latest Wine of the Week was one of six Italian wines I tasted from Tanners. I could happily have chosen any of the other five, so I'm...

Apr 4, 2018

White Beauty: a Tuscan debut

Wine exam question: Explain what is meant by white Sangiovese. When I first heard about a Sangiovese bianco, I didn’t know if we were...

Oct 6, 2016

WINE OF THE WEEK: Bibbiano di Fattoria Chianti Classico 2014, Tuscany, Italy

£9.99, Co-op It speaks volumes both about the quality of this wine and the quality of the producers from which the Co-op sources its...

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