Sangiovese
Sangiovese, literally, the 'blood of Jove' - Jupiter - principal god of the Romans. The most widely planted red variety in Italy and with its various clones, scions and cultivars, is the principal grape in all Chianti wines (Sangioveto - a small variety), Brunello (di Montalcino), Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (Prugnolo Gentile), Morellino di Scansano and many undeservedly lesser known regional wines. The grape is fussy about how and where it is grown, though, and the resulting wine is highly variable. Alone, Sangiovese makes wines which are ruby red but not particularly intensely coloured, highish in acidity, firmly tannic, expressing cherries and violets, sometimes with forest floor aromas and sometimes capable of ageing to great smoothness.
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Full bodied red wine made from central Italy's most favou...
Region:
Le Marche
Price: £8.95
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Organically cultivated, unfiltered, unfined. Vineyards ar...
Region:
Umbria
Price: £18.65
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Organically cultivated, unfiltered, unfined. Vineyards ar...
Region:
Umbria
Price: £28.95
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