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Italy
Italy is home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world. Etruscans and Greek settlers produced wine here long before the Romans started developing their own vineyards in the second century BC. Roman grape-growing and wine making was prolific and well-organized, pioneering large-scale production and storage techniques like barrel-making and bottling. Two thousand years later, Italy remains one of the world's foremost producers, responsible for approximately one-fifth of world wine production in 2005.
Important wine-relevant geographic characteristics of Italy include the fact that Italy is a peninsula with a long shoreline, contributing moderating climate to coastal wine regions, as well as extensive mountains and foothills providing many altitudes for grape growing and a variety of climate and soil conditions. Grapes are grown in almost every part of Italy, with more than 1 million vineyards under cultivation.
Italy’s most popular wines include Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello and Chianti Classico. The Sangiovese grape is Italy's claim to fame. It produces Chianti Classico, Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montepulciano, Montefalco Rosso, and many others. The term "Super Tuscan" describes any Tuscan red wine that does not adhere to traditional blending laws for the region. For example, Chianti Classico wines are made from a blend of grapes with Sangiovese as the dominant varietal in the blend. Super Tuscans often use other grapes, especially cabernet sauvignon, making them ineligible for DOC(G) classification under the traditional rules.
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One of the most sought after wines of northern Italy, this ruby-red wine offers extremely complex and exuberant aromas of blackberries, sweet spice, tobacco and dark chocolate-it will take your breath away! La Poja is the ideal accompaniment to food.
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Wine Advocate Score: 90. —Antonio Galloni, August 2010.
Enticing scents of chocolate, espresso, dark fruit, licorice and new leather emerge from the boisterous 2007 Palazzo della Torre.
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Wine Spectator rating of 97. This offers gorgeous aromas of blackberry, mineral and flowers follow through to a full body, with superfine tannins and a long, long finish. A complex and wonderfully structured red. Long and beautiful.
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Antinori Solaia displays masses of coffee and blackberry character in this youthful wine. Full-bodied with velvety tannins loads of fruit and excellent wood. Big and juicy with a long long finish. A fine wine. Needs time. Best after 2007. 93 points WS
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Robert Parker: 96 Antinori’s 2007 Tignanello is wonderfully ripe and seductive in its dark cherries, flowers, spices, tobacco, sage, cedar, mint and minerals. This is as opulent a Tignanello as I have ever tasted!
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The wine has an intense ruby red color. It offers full and complex aromas which recall ripe fruit, plum jam, mint, chocolate, and tobacco. In the mouth, the wine presents itself with good body; it is round, with soft, velvety tannins.
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Costamolino is straw yellow in color with green highlights and an intense yet delicate bouquet that displays distinct characteristics of the variety. Supple aromas of citrus, pineapple, tropical fruits and honey are wonderfully supported a zesty acidity.
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Discovering Italy's Finest Wine Values "A massive, generous wine, it literally bursts onto the palate with waves of game, earthiness, mint, spices, herbs and bacon fat notes that swirl around a core of ripe, dark fruit.
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Thick and heavy, this coats the palate with dried apricot, fig paste, caramel and molasses flavors. This is impressive for its concentration, but also comes clean on the finish, courtesy of bright acidity. Long, expansive finish. -Wine Spectator
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Excellent red Italian wine! Full body, warm, and complex to go with red meats.
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This wine is from Italy, Veneto region, Venezie sub-region. PINOT GRIS Wine Italian Still Wine.
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The mineral, aniseed and crushed dark berry flavors are impressive. Dense and concentrated, yet balanced. Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best after 2011. 6,000 cases made.
Score: 94. —James Suckling, October 31, 2009.
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The mineral, aniseed and crushed dark berry flavors are impressive. Dense and concentrated, yet balanced. Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best after 2011. 6,000 cases made.
Score: 94. —James Suckling, October 31, 2009.
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Shows clean blueberry pie and floral aromas and flavors on a full-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a tight finish. Clean and carefully constructed. Balanced and long. Best after 2010. Wine Spectator 90 Points
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Score: 91. —James Suckling, October 15, 2008. Aromas of fresh herbs, currant and blackberry follow through to a full body, with chewy tannins and a long, chewy finish. A classic Bordeaux blend.
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Rated: 92 by Stephen Tanzer, Nov/Dec 09
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
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Goldenrod straw yellow with green reflexes . On nose it was elegant with ripe fruit, fresh herb and floral aromas. In the mouth full-bodied (BIG) and rich, concentrated and viscous, complex, fresh, succulent and long, long and long.
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Wine Spectator Score: 92. A polished, international style, with toast and spice notes adding smoothness and depth to the black cherry and raspberry fruit. Rich and harmonious, with an impression of spice and mineral on the long aftertaste.
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Wine Spectator 97 points. 80% Merlot and 20% Sangiovese. Black in color, with super ripe and intense aromas of crushed berries, espresso and blackberry. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a rich finish. Massive yet balanced.
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Steven Tanzer, IWC rating 93(+). Deep, bright red. Nose initially shows dark berries, chocolate and sweet oak but opens with air to reveal redder fruits and flowers that carry through onto the palate. Big, chewy and rich!
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"There's fabulous fruit on the nose, which is very pure, with crushed blackberry and blueberry. Full-bodied, with super fine tannins and a long, caressing finish. This is so long and beautiful. Best after 2014." 96 points, Wine Spectator.
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Int'l Wine Cellar - Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy- "Very dark but slightly muted aromas of black fruits, minerals and licorice. Densely packed and deep but not especially sweet, with terrific integrated acidity giving the wine outstanding thrust!
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75% Corvina, 20% Rondinella, 5% Molinara. For those who love traditionnally-made wines. Powerful, heady aromas of dried fruit potpourri, cedar chest, and exotic spice. Micro-production, this is one breathtaking wine!
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From the oldest and most precious vineyards of the winery, located in the heart of the Valpolicella region where exposure to the sun is best, the best grapes of each year are selected to obtain this prestigious wine, which holds the great honor.
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Livernano, "Divinita," Super Tuscan, IGT, Tuscany
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Livernano's flagship wine is a blend of grapes from the best Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Sangiovese parcels. Majestic and age-worthy, it offers richly fruited aromatics and a powerful structure.
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Has sweet berry and fresh herbs on the nose. Full-bodied, with soft, velvety tannins and a long, rich finish. Tight now, but shows excellent potential. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Wine Spectator rating of 91.
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Based in Breganze, at the foot of the Italian Alps,the Maculan family has become known over three generations for impressive wines at all price levels. The crisp, fresh, acidic 2006 Pinot & Toi reveals notes of grapefruits and lemon zest.
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Though ripe and intense, this is also lively and packed with alluring plum, blackberry and spice flavors. The tannins have softened up and a saline element graces the finish. Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Drink now through 2018.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 92 pts, Antonio Galloni - The single-vineyard 2004 Barbaresco Il Bricco is incredibly primary today. It bursts from the glass with tons of fruit and a generous, expansive personality buffered by firm, yet elegant tannins.
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