Italian Red Wines
Our favorite Italian wines
Red wines owe their characteristic color to the fact that the peel of the grapes, when it comes into contact with the must, transfers to this the characteristics of various substances, including dyes, but not only, that are not found in the skins of white grapes.
Light red wines are obtained from vines that give light to musts with a low sugar component, this will make them less alcoholic and more acidic.
A wine that is proposed with a low alcohol level, a low tannicity and a light composition is certainly a wine to drink during its youth. Some of the wines in this category are: Groppelli, Lambruschi, Gamay and Schiave. The structured red wines, on the other hand, are wines produced with grapes whose skins release large amounts of substances inside the musts, which are high in sugar and endowed with good acidity. They can be preserved for a long time without exaggerating, in fact it is not necessary to exceed the period of maturation after which maturity becomes old age, with the consequent decay of its sensory properties. Some of the wines in this category: Merlot, Cabernet, Sangiovese, Syrah, Nebbiolo and Nero d'Avola.
Among these 2 extremes, little and very sugary there are then the average Red Wines, with the same grapes with which you get structured wines and using winemaking techniques less pushed you get wines from the good body and the excellent structure, but more accessible to the palate, more usable in combinations and, of course, less expensive. Some of the wines in this category: Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino, Barolo, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo d'Alba, Taurasi and Aglianico.
We have selected some of the most renowned Italian red wines available on Enosearcher. Here is our selection:
Sassicaia
Sassicaia is a true myth of Italian and international winemaking. This Tuscan red wine owes its fame to the Marquis Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, who around 1920 decided to plant beards of Cabernet Franc in the Estate of San Guido that at that time was owned by his wife. This was done in a dry, stone-filled area that was, rightly, called Sassicaia.Sassicaia, appreciated all over the world, has won numerous awards. When the 2015 vintage was on the market, in fact, the Sassicaia was defined by Wine Spectator as the best wine in the world, while for the 2016 vintage it won 100/100, the maximum score, by Robert Parker, the well-known American critic.
Sassicaia 1985, Sassicaia 1990 and Sassicaia 1995 are also memorable and widely recommended.