This is part 2 of our 2-part miniseries where we explore the wine wonders that you can find and taste from arguably the most beautiful of all wine countries, Italy.
Last week we talked about the white wines and sparkling wines of Italy, the Pinot Grigios, the Proseccos and many more, and today we are going to be focusing on red wines as well as rosés, sweet and specialty Italian wines.
Watch Part.1 about the white wines and sparklings: https://youtu.be/Y_mYcNNbDIA
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The Italian red highlights as mentioned in the video:
The big names for Nebbiolo are two villages, Barolo and Barbaresco making the best examples.
Another very popular Italian red wine style coming out of the North of Italy, around the city of Verona, the city of Romeo & Juliet, are the wines of Valpolicella, and the wines called Amarone della Valpolicella in particular.
Then if we go a little South to the Center of Italy, there stands obviously the wonderful region of Tuscany, home of the most famous Italian wine, beloved by Leonardo Da Vinci himself: Chianti.
But Tuscany is not all about Chianti wine. There is actually an amazing variety of wines within Tuscany such as the wines of Bolgheri, Brunello di Montalcino or the famous Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
. Going down further South are many other very popular and very fine styles of Italian reds made from local grapes, such Montepulciano in the Abbruzzo region, Primitivo, a cousin of California Zinfandel that’s extremely good in the Puglia region down in the heel of the Italian boot, Aglianico-based wines around the city of Naples like in the appellation of Taurasi, and fantastic reds coming out of Sicily too such as those made from Nero d’Avola for example.
Rosés, sweet wines and Italian specialty vinos
First a quick word on Rosé. Italy does make some rosé wines, and some very good ones at that such as Bardolino Chiaretto or Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo just to name a couple.
There are also many local styles of Passito wines everywhere such as the Recioto della Valpolicella which is a sweet red, or the Passito di Pantelleria made in Sicily, an extremely rich sweet wine made from super-fragrant Muscat grapes.
00:00 Introduction
00:55 Italian Red Wines
05:10 Italian Rosés, Sweet Wines, and Specialty Wines