Italian Red Wine for Everyday Read the full post at pbonlife.com/wine/italian-red-wine-for-everyday/ Talenti Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, 2016 94 Points Price $45 With varying altitudes and soils, Talenti’s diverse vineyards are dispersed through the southern area of Montalcino. Ornellaia ‘Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia’ Bolgheri 2018 92 Points Price $60 Characterized by a lively ruby red color. The 2018 Bolgheri Rosso Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot that is aged in oak for 15 months. Castello dei Rampolla d’Alceo’ Toscana IGT 2016 96 Points Price $125 “D’Alceo” fully reflects the character of the vineyard from which it originates. It is intense, warm, refined and elegant. Tenuta Le Colonne Bolgheri Superiore 2018 92 Points Price $40 The wine boasts an intense ruby red color. The aroma opens with a bouquet of ripe red fruits and is enriched with tomato leaf, pepper and slight herbal nuances. Le Volte 2016 91 Points Price $30 2016 gives us a Le Volte dell’Ornellaia with great balance and expressivity. With its bright ruby-red color, intense scents of red berries and rose petals are clearly distinguishable on the nose. Montepeloso Eneo Toscana IGT 2018 92 Points Price $45 Montepeloso is an Italian wine producer located in Suvereto, a wine region south of Bolgheri on the Tuscan coast. Nervi Conterno Gattinara DOCG 2018 94 Points Price $65 Haunting aromas of rose, wild cherry, kirsch, mineral and leather are the hallmarks of this silky, elegant red. Tenuta San Guido ‘Guidalberto’ Toscana IGT 2016 92 Points Price $50 This wine is showing exceptionally well in this classic vintage. The 2016 Guidalberto (Cabernet Sauvignon and a smaller percentage of Merlot) opens to a full and generous bouquet and a beautifully rich and velvety appearance. Castello di Bolgheri Bolgheri Superiore Tuscany Italy  2019 97 Points Price $65 Great depth of color. Fascinating and decidedly graceful in the glass it shows guarantees in the memory of cherries, rose petals, grapefruit, geraniums, mandarin juice and wild thyme. Cantina del Pino Barbaresco DOCG 2016 93 Points Price $50 The 2016 Barbaresco Ovello is released one year after its peers. It undergoes two years of oak aging followed by 18 months of bottle rest before its commercial release. Cavalier Bartolomeo Vigneti Solanotto Altinasso 2016 93 Points Price $40 Cavalier Bartolomeo was founded in 1924 by Bartolomeo Borgogno, grandfather of the current owner, who learned to make wine from the grapes of his vineyards by his father. Italian Red Wine for Everyday Read the full post at pbonlife.com/wine/italian-red-wine-for-everyday/ Read More on Italian Wine @ pbonlife.com/wine/italian-reds/ Travel to Italy @ pbonlife.com/travel-destinations/travel-to-italy/

1. Italian Red Wine for Everyday
11 Italian Red Wines Profiled

2. Talenti Brunello di Montalcino
DOCG, 2016
94 Points
Price $45
With varying altitudes and soils,
Talenti’s diverse vineyards are
dispersed through the southe

3. Ornellaia ‘Le Serre Nuove
dell’Ornellaia’ Bolgheri 2018
92 Points
Price $60
Characterized by a lively ruby
red color.
The 2018 Bolgheri Rosso Le
Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia is a
blend of Merlot, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and
Petit Verdot that is aged in oak
for 15 months.

4. Castello dei Rampolla d’Alceo’
Toscana IGT, 2016
96 Points
Price $125
“D’Alceo” fully reflects the
character of the vineyard from
which it originates.
It is intense, warm, refined and
elegant.

5. Tenuta Le Colonne
Bolgheri Superiore, 2018
92 Points
Price $40
The wine boasts an intense
ruby red color.
The aroma opens with a
bouquet of ripe red fruits and
is enriched with tomato leaf,
pepper and slight herbal
nuances.

6. Le Volte, 2016
91 Points
Price $30
2016 gives us a Le Volte
dell’Ornellaia with great
balance and expressivity.
With its bright ruby-red
color, intense scents of red
berries and rose petals are
clearly distinguishable on
the nose.

7. Montepeloso Eneo
Toscana IGT, 2018
92 Points
Price $45
Montepeloso is an Italian
wine producer located in
Suvereto, a wine region
south of Bolgheri on the
Tuscan coast.

8. Nervi Conterno
Gattinara DOCG, 2018
94 Points
Price $65
Haunting aromas of rose,
wild cherry, kirsch,
mineral and leather are
the hallmarks of this silky,
elegant red.

9. Tenuta San Guido ‘Guidalberto’
Toscana IGT, 2016
92 Points
Price $50
This wine is showing
exceptionally well in this classic
vintage.
The 2016 Guidalberto (Cabernet
Sauvignon and a smaller
percentage of Merlot) opens to a
full and generous bouquet and a
beautifully rich and velvety
appearance.

10. Castello di Bolgheri Bolgheri
Superiore,Tuscany, Italy, 2019
97 Points
Price $65
Great depth of color.
Fascinating and decidedly
graceful in the glass it shows
guarantees in the memory of
cherries, rose petals, grapefruit,
geraniums, mandarin juice and
wild thyme.

11. Cantina del Pino
Barbaresco DOCG, 2016
93 Points
Price $50
The 2016 Barbaresco
Ovello is released one
year after its peers. It
undergoes two years of
oak aging followed by 18
months of bottle rest
before its commercial
release.

12. Cavalier Bartolomeo
Vigneti Solanotto
Altinasso, 2016
93 Points
Price $40
Cavalier Bartolomeo was
founded in 1924 by
Bartolomeo Borgogno,
grandfather of the current
owner, who learned to make
wine from the grapes of his
vineyards by his father.

13. Italian Red Wine for Everyday
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