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Italian Reds |
Taste
Guide |
Trade
Sales Price |
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Versare
Rosso
Youthful, lively red with juicy cherry
fruit flavours. Ideal Italian house
wine. |
B |
£2.39 |
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Versare
Valpolicella
Light and fresh with soft fruit which
makes for easy drinking. |
B |
£2.69 |
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Versare
Merlot
Recent years have seen the introduction
into Italy of grapes from other countries.
This is not as heavy in colour or
texture as most French or New World
Merlots. It is soft and smooth and
can be drunk standing or sitting. |
B |
£2.69 |
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Casal
Bordino Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Lovely soft approachable fruit and
easy drinking style.
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C |
£3.28 |
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Cadis Rosso
A new style of Italian red with plenty of fruit, balanced by very
soft tannins and a juicy finish.
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B |
£3.39 |
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Versare
Chianti
Italy’s most famous red made
from the Sangiovese grape. Our entry
level Tuscan wine is food friendly,
fruity and full of flavour.
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C |
£4.08 |
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Bella
Modella Nero d’Avola
The Sicilian grape Nero d’Avola
is proving very popular with customers
because it combines spiciness and
fruitiness so well.
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D |
£4.14 |
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San
Floriano Merlot
This is the more usual Merlot style
with ripe, plummy fruit and a lingering
finish. Excellent example of modern
Italian winemaking.
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C |
£4.38 |
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 Brindisi,
Cantine due Palma
A velvety smooth red from Puglia with
ample body and fruit and a very soft,
easy finish.
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C |
£4.44 |
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Nero
d’Avola Adesso
A full-bodied and powerful wine which
combines blackberry and damson flavours
with very soft tannins to create a
balanced, lingering finish.
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D |
£4.64 |
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Barbera Piemonte, Tre Donne
The most ‘fun’ red wine from Piedmont is also the most approachable and
attractive with lots of mouth-watering, tangy redcurrant fruit. |
B |
£5.04 |
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Giome Rosso IGT
The IGT category has been introduced for quality wines unable to fit traditional
regulations. The award-winning winemaker in Lombardy has produced a smooth,
delicious wine with rich fragrances of red and black fruits.
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C |
£6.29 |
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Chianti
Classico Clemente VII
This is a high quality Chianti with
typical ripe cherry fruit and soft
easy tannins. We were very pleased
that this Chianti was rated in the
top three in a recent Decanter Magazine
tasting which included many much more
expensive wines from this region.
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C |
£7.08 |
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Negresco Classico Garda DOC
This wine oozes class, character and quality. The ageing in oak barrels helps
give it a rich bouquet and palate and a very long finish.
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D |
£7.99 |
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Mara
di Ripasso, Cesari
Very, very concentrated damson flavours
and extremely intense as a result
of grapes sun-dried after picking.
Half way to Amarone. A real gem, worth
unearthing!
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E |
£8.08 |
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Barolo,
Villadoria
A modern Barolo not as dark and unapproachable
as some old style Barolos. Elegant,
velvety and ready to drink.
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E |
£13.54 |
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Amarone
Classico, Cesari
As with the Mara, the grapes are dried
to increase concentration. The result
is then matured in barrel for two
to three years to produce an intense,
rounded wine.
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E |
£14.95 |
