2019 Vin de France Muscatellu “Morta Maió” Non MutéAntoine-Marie Arena
France | Corsica
$57
Producers
Steiger-Kalena
Italy | Molise
A toothsome red wine showing deep, wild fruit of alluring levity, “Passatella” comes in convivial one-liter bottles perfect for sharing.
Vignai da Duline
Italy | Friuli | Friuli Colli Orientali
Expect bright, crunchy forest berries, elegance, freshness, and sneaky structure.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d’Aosta
Fumin truly is, as Feuillet’s vigneron Maurizio Fiorano puts it, “an age-old pearl of local enology.”
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
This rare red variety has a straightforward freshness and light herbal spiciness.
Sesti
Italy | Tuscany | Toscana IGT
Drink Now: With a beautifully integrated tannin and outstanding finesse, this “baby Brunello” punches way above its weight.
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Toscana IGT
Among the most perfect country wines we carry on our shelves.
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily | Terre Siciliane Rosso
Delicate floral perfume, medium body, and velvety tannin.
Sesti
Italy | Tuscany | Rosso di Montalcino
Few wines are better suited to tomato-based dishes, wild mushrooms, grilled vegetables, or a hearty ragù over fresh egg noodles
Ferretti
Italy | Tuscany | Rosso di Montalcino
Paired with the high-elevation freshness, this site yields a lively, focused Rosso, featuring a mineral backbone that provides crystalline structure to the juicy, savory red fruit that cascades over the palate.
A. & G. Fantino
Italy | Piedmont
Perfumed Nebbiolo fruit and tender tannins encourage pulling the cork just for the sake of quenching one’s thirst.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Riviera Ligure di Ponente
All the care, attentiveness, and backbreaking labor required to farm this site result in one of the most joyful and lighthearted reds you will encounter.
Tenuta La Pergola
Italy | Piedmont | Monferrato Rosso
A quintessential house wine from Piemonte’s less-traveled side.
Giulia Negri
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe
Giulia Negri is making some of the best and most exciting wines in Italy, truly world class. She also happens to be one of the nicest people you could hope to meet.
Piero Benevelli
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe Nebbiolo
Extremely pure, with smooth tannins, freshness, and a touch of austerity that hints of its serious terroir.
Cantine Elvio Tintero
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe
Drink Now: There’s no mistaking this red for anything other than Nebbiolo—perfectly ripe fruit and the telltale scents of tar and roses.
Deperu Holler
Italy | Sardinia | Isola dei Nuraghi
This inky, chewy blend of Cannonau with the native Muristellu boasts a strikingingly wild perfume that soars from the glass.
Vigneti Vecchio
Italy | Sicily | Etna
This red’s satiny texture allows it to gloss over the palate with utter delicacy, while suggestions of smoke, white pepper, and brandied cherries linger after each sip.
Il Palazzotto
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba
Real refreshment, plus a serious side and good concentration from old vines in chalky marl soils.
Il Palazzotto
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba
Supple, pretty notes of freshly crushed blackberries and raspberries—it will pair well with pretty much anything.
Corte Gardoni
Italy | Veneto | Corvina Veronese IGT
At Corte Gardoni they believe in pure Corvina, putting the best aside for their Becco Rosso. Vibrant and faultlessly refreshing, this bottling has also been known to resemble much pricier Burgundy with some bottle age.
Gregoletto
Italy | Veneto | Colli Trevigiani
Unlike the opulent, Cassis-scented Merlots from Bordeaux’s Right Bank, this rendition—with its pretty notes of brambly wild berries and hints of spice—shows the more mineral, ethereal side of the grape.
Giovanni Montisci
Italy | Sardinia | Cannonau di Sardegna
The sweetly perfumed nose of rose petals, wild strawberry, and juniper prefaces this deep and powerful, yet exquisitely refined Cannonau, definitively putting Mamoiada on the map for lovers of Grenache and great Italian reds in general.
Corte Gardoni
Italy | Veneto | Bardolino
Lovely right now, but a candidate for cellaring as well. It is cool to drink some reds cool.
Silvio Giamello Italy | Piedmont | Barbera d’Alba
Vigne Rada
Italy | Sardinia | Alghero
Rada’s dense, minty Cagnulari is a reminder to take Sardinian reds very seriously.
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