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 | 1997 | Fontaloro Felsina |
btls | IB | 1 | 4 | £675.00 | cs | 95 (WS) |
| Red | 1997 | Campoleone Lamborghini |
btls | DP | 0 | 1 | £150.00 | btls | 98 (WS) |
| Red | 1998 | La Carraia Fobiano |
btls | IB | 1 | 10 | £240.00 | cs | 90 (RP) |
| Red | 2000 | Amarone Classico TB Tommaso Bussola |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £1,500.00 | cs | - |
| Red | 2001 | Montiano Falesco |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £420.00 | cs | 93 |
| Red | 2001 | La Corte La Corte Re |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £350.00 | cs | - |
| Red | 2001 | Amarone della Valpolicella Romano dal Forno |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £4,400.00 | cs | 97 (AG) |
| Red | 2001 | Amarone della Valpolicella Romano dal Forno |
btls | DP | 0 | 1 | £366.67 | btls | 97 (AG) |
| Red | 2003 | Valpolicella Romano dal Forno |
jero | IB | 0 | 1 | £480.00 | jero | - |
| Red | 2003 | Vigna Sere Romano dal Forno |
hlvs | IB | 0 | 6 | £130.00 | hlvs | 94 |
| Red | 2005 | Terra di Lavoro Galardi |
btls | IB | 1 | 11 | £480.00 | cs | 93 (AG) |
| Red | 2006 | Calvari Miani |
btls | DP | 0 | 4 | £500.00 | btls | 98 |
| Red | 2007 | Amarone della Valpolicella Quintarelli |
mags | IB | 0 | 3 | £500.00 | mags | 96 (AG) |
| Red | 2007 | Amarone la Fabriseria Tedeschi |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £1,800.00 | cs | 94 |
| Red | 2008 | Amarone Allegrini |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £40.00 | btls | - |
| Red | 2008 | Franchetti Passopisciaro |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £700.00 | cs | - |
| Red | 2008 | Valpolicella Sup. V. di Monte Lodoletta Romano dal Forno |
jero | IB | 0 | 1 | £480.00 | jero | 94 |
| Red | 2009 | Franchetti Passopisciaro |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £700.00 | cs | 96 (AG) |
| Red | 2009 | Valpolicella Superiore Romano dal Forno |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £61.67 | btls | 94+ |
| White | 2010 | Pratto Ca' Dei Frati |
btls | IB | 3 | 0 | £165.00 | cs | - |
| Red | 2010 | Terra di Lavoro Galardi |
btls | IB | 2 | 6 | From £500.00 | cs | 97+ (WA) |
| White | 2010 | Soave Classico Campo dei Tovi Inama |
btls | DP | 1 | 0 | £120.00 | cs | 90 (BI) |
| White | 2010 | Pinot Grigio Ramato Specogna |
btls | IB | 0 | 10 | £10.83 | btls | - |
| White | 2010 | Greco di Tufo Vesevo |
btls | IB | 1 | 0 | £100.00 | cs | - |
| White | 2011 | Friulano Livio Felluga |
btls | IB | 0 | 4 | £13.33 | btls | - |
| Red | 2011 | Amarone Vigneto Monte Lodoletta Romano dal Forno |
btls | IB | 0 | 6 | £170.83 | btls | - |
| White | 2011 | Greco di Tufo Vesevo |
btls | IB | 0 | 7 | £8.33 | btls | - |
| White | 2012 | Cervaro Della Sala Antinori, P |
btls | IB | 7 | 0 | £450.00 | cs | 96 (JS) |
| White | 2013 | Where Dreams have no end Jermann |
mags | DP | 1 | 0 | £540.00 | cs | 95 |
| White | 2014 | Pinot Bianco Vorberg Riserva Cantina Terlano |
btls | IB | 19 | 6 | £300.00 | cs | 94 |
| White | 2015 | Costamolino Vermentino Argiolas |
btls | IB | 3 | 3 | £120.00 | cs | 88+ |
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