Italy – Red – 2006 – 13%
Region: Langhe, Piemonte
Producer: Umberto Fiore
Grape: Nebbiolo
Brick-red wine, aromas of cherry with delightful floral undertones. Medium-bodied, quite dry with well textured tannins and a great cherry flavour. Really enjoyed this wine.
M&S £7.99
Italy – White – 2008
Region: Piemonte
Producer: Cantine Aurora
Grape: Cortese
Almost translucent white wine with a faint aroma of peach. Well-balanced with a soft texture and flavour of peach with a hint of lime. Not a great deal of length or finish. Certainly a refreshing drink but sadly one-dimensional, so not a particularly good value.
Five Reasons Wine £6.08
Italy – Red – 2008
Region: Piedmont
Label: Via Collina
Aromas of cherry blossom in a ruby red wine. Medium-bodied and quite acidic with only hints of a cherry flavour and these jammy and somewhat bitter. Quite a short finish and all the taste to the front of the mouth. Not a stunning wine; unlikely to buy it again.
Waitrose £7.59
Italy – Sparkling White – 2008
Region: Piemonte
Producer: Cantine Volpi
Very pale in the glass with plenty of gently foamy bubbles. Rich sweet aroma of white grapes and roses. Very sweet taste, again of white grapes, yet somehow really refreshing. At 5.5% makes for a lovely mid-afternoon tipple but perhaps a bit pricey.
Five Reasons Wine £8.99
Italy – Red – 2007
Region: Langhe
Producer: Renatto Ratti
Dull red, approaching a bricky colour. Black cherry and pepper spices on the nose. Medium body with deep cherry and raspberry flavours. Soft tannins with good middle-palate length and a pleasant medium-long finish. A really enjoyable wine.
Marks and Spencer £9.89
