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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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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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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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Arcanum is the pinnacle of the estate’s offerings. Based on Cabernet Franc, the true signature of the estate, this remarkable wine is built to age yet is drinkable young, offering aromas of violets, roses and raspberries, with long and delicate spice.
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Wine Spectator 91 points - Concentrated black currant and cherry flavors add accents of chocolate, earth and sweet spices to this version, buoyed by dense tannins. Remains bright and fresh on the long, spice-tinged finish. Drink now through 2024.
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Wine Spectator 91 points - Concentrated black currant and cherry flavors add accents of chocolate, earth and sweet spices to this version, buoyed by dense tannins. Remains bright and fresh on the long, spice-tinged finish. Drink now through 2024.
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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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95 points, eRobertParker.com (Issue # 213 - Jun 2014)
Bright red-ruby. More reticent on the nose than the Mosconi, hinting at medicinal black cherry. Then densely packed and sharply delineated but closed on the palate, with vibrant plum.
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Wine Advocate Review
Rated 90
From the Mazzei brothers' beautiful, state-of-the-art winery at the heart Chianti Classico, the 2011 Chianti Classico Fonterutoli is made from a blend of different Sangiovese clones with some Malvasia Nera, Colorino and Mer
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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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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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Wine Spoectator 89 -- Wine Spectator - "Broad and velvety, with a beam of vibrant cherry accented by iron, sanguine, earth and underbrush notes. Dense and beefy, finishing long and cleansing. Drink now through 2023. 12,000 cases made, 7,500 cases imported
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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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Wine Enthusiast 90 points. Fresh black cherries,coffee, chocolate, and delicate notes of crushed mint characterize this plump, juicy Merlot. It boasts a dark ruby color and nice combination that feels supple and creamy in the mouth.
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Many critics score this Barolo wine highly : The Wine Advocate gave the 2010 vintage a score of 95 out of 100.
The 2009 vintage was awarded Corone from the Vinibuoni d'Italia.
This is one of the most popular wines from the region.
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Corvina is one of the classic grapes of the Veneto region of Italy. It is usually the predominant grape in the blends used for Bardolino and Valpolicella. Corvina tends to produce lightly-colored wines with high acidity and moderate tannins.
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Best after 2008. 2,080 cases made. Wine Spectator rating 95. Wine Spectator Top 100 #32 in 2003.
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90 Points by Wine Spectator: Black cherry, blueberry and floral aromas and flavors highlight this rich red. Its ample flesh coats the tannins, but there's structure underneath. Fine length. Merlot, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon.
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95 points, James Suckling (Jul 2016)
Dark plum, chocolate, cloves, licorice and new leather give the 2012 much of its opulent, full-throttle personality. Ripeness is pushed to the edge in the Biserno, a wine built on serious extraction.
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