Italy
Spread over such a large area, it is unsurprising that Italy has a huge amount to offer in terms of diversity of style, quality and grape varieties. Italy is home to a vast array of indigenous grape varieties that are rarely seen elsewhere and which makes this country so special.
The Italian fine wine market is dominated by the wines from Piedmont and Tuscany; but there is to be sought outside of these regions. In particular, the wines from Valpolicella located around the foothills near Verona and producing not only lighter, fruitier styles but also richer, fuller-bodied wines most famously made using the passito and ripasso methods. For the best growers, we recommend you look to Romano dal Forno, Quintarelli and Allegrini.
Vintages
| Colour | Vintage | Wine | Size | Status | Cs | Btls | Price | Per | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 1996 | Rosso Dell'Abazia Serafini & Vidotto |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £250.00 | cs | 86 |
| Red | 1998 | Montiano Falesco |
btls | IB | 9 | 6 | £360.00 | cs | 94 |
| Red | 2001 | Montiano Falesco |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £360.00 | cs | 93 |
| Red | 2001 | La Corte La Corte Re |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £350.00 | cs | - |
| Red | 2001 | Campoleone Lamborghini |
mags | IB | 0 | 1 | £95.00 | mags | 93 (WA) |
| Red | 2003 | Vigna Sere Romano dal Forno |
hlvs | IB | 0 | 6 | £130.00 | hlvs | 94 |
| Red | 2004 | Amarone della Valpolicella Quintarelli |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £266.67 | btls | 96 |
| Red | 2004 | Amarone della Valpolicella Romano dal Forno |
btls | DP | 0 | 4 | £275.00 | btls | 98 |
| Red | 2004 | Vigna Sere Romano dal Forno |
hlvs | IB | 0 | 6 | £98.33 | hlvs | 99 |
| Red | 2004 | Taurasi Pago dei Fusi Terredora |
btls | DP | 0 | 3 | £30.00 | btls | 95+ |
| Red | 2005 | Terra di Lavoro Galardi |
btls | IB | 4 | 5 | £480.00 | cs | 93 (AG) |
| Red | 2005 | Rosso dei Bepi Quintarelli |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £80.00 | btls | - |
| Red | 2006 | Calvari Miani |
btls | DP | 0 | 4 | £500.00 | btls | 98 |
| Red | 2007 | Amarone la Fabriseria Tedeschi |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £1,200.00 | cs | 94 |
| Red | 2008 | Passopisciaro Passopisciaro |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £875.00 | cs | 93+ |
| Red | 2008 | Valpolicella Sup. V. di Monte Lodoletta Romano dal Forno |
jero | IB | 0 | 1 | £480.00 | jero | - |
| White | 2009 | Olivar Cesconi |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £165.00 | cs | - |
| Red | 2009 | Passopisciaro Passopisciaro |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £875.00 | cs | 92 |
| Red | 2009 | Amarone Zenato |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £30.00 | btls | 93 |
| White | 2010 | Pratto Ca' Dei Frati |
btls | IB | 3 | 5 | £165.00 | cs | - |
| Rose | 2010 | Lambrusco Rose di Modena Spumante Cantina Della Volta |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £150.00 | cs | - |
| Red | 2010 | Terra di Lavoro Galardi |
btls | DP | 0 | 6 | £41.16 | btls | 97+ (WA) |
| Red | 2010 | Campoleone Lamborghini |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £280.00 | cs | 95 |
| Red | 2010 | Campoleone Lamborghini |
mags | IB | 1 | 0 | £264.00 | cs | 95 |
| Red | 2010 | Valpolicella Superiore Romano dal Forno |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £45.00 | btls | 95 |
| White | 2010 | Pinot Grigio Ramato Specogna |
btls | IB | 1 | 1 | £130.00 | cs | - |
| White | 2010 | Greco di Tufo Vesevo |
btls | IB | 1 | 10 | £100.00 | cs | - |
| Rose | 2011 | Rosa dei Frati Ca' Dei Frati |
btls | IB | 1 | 2 | £150.00 | cs | - |
| White | 2011 | Friulano Livio Felluga |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £160.00 | cs | - |
| Red | 2011 | Amarone Vigneto Monte Lodoletta Romano dal Forno |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £170.83 | btls | - |
| White | 2011 | Greco di Tufo Vesevo |
btls | IB | 1 | 10 | £100.00 | cs | - |
| White | 2012 | Ribolla Gialla Miani |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £50.00 | btls | 91 |
| White | 2013 | Were Dreams, now it is just wine! Jermann |
mags | DP | 1 | 5 | £540.00 | cs | 95 |
| White | 2013 | Soave Classico Calvarino Pieropan |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £38.33 | btls | 94 (JS) |
| White | 2014 | Soave Classico Calvarino Pieropan |
btls | IB | 5 | 1 | £165.00 | cs | 94 |
| White | 2015 | Costamolino Vermentino Argiolas |
btls | IB | 5 | 0 | £120.00 | cs | 88+ |
| White | 2015 | Costamolino Vermentino Argiolas |
btls | DP | 0 | 1 | £10.00 | btls | 88+ |
| White | 2015 | Is Vermentino Argiolas |
btls | DP | 0 | 1 | £15.00 | btls | 92 |
| White | 2015 | Meri' Vermentino Argiolas |
btls | DP | 0 | 1 | £15.00 | btls | 93 |
| White | 2015 | Lugana Ca' Dei Frati |
btls | IB | 6 | 10 | £115.00 | cs | 92 |
| White | 2015 | Vermentino Lintori Capichera |
btls | DP | 0 | 1 | £15.00 | btls | - |
| White | 2015 | Vermentino Vigna'ngena Capichera |
btls | DP | 0 | 1 | £20.00 | btls | - |
| White | 2015 | Soave Pieropan |
btls | IB | 3 | 0 | £110.00 | cs | 92 |
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