Italian Red
Italian Red is a catch-all category of traditional Italian red varieties. Examples of these wines include Dolcetto, Montepulciano, Nero d’Avola, Aglianico and Negroamaro, among others. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated Italian Red wines among our extensive Italian Red wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our Italian Red reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from Italian Red, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.
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Masi 1990 Mazzano Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
This is wonderfully integrated and complex, offering a dizzying array of spices that blend seamlessly with notes of leather and cherries. Wonderfully velvety in texture and round in the mouth, but also boasting a long, spice-filled finish. A tremendous effort. Drink now–2020.
— J.C.
(12/31/2006)
Dal Forno Romano 2003 Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta Red (Amarone della Valpolicella)
- Cellar Selection
- $470
Monte Lodoletta Amarone is an exercise in extraction. The wine is absolutely black. Aromas are concentrated and intense and the wine is equally enormous in the mouth thanks to the extraction, oak, fruit and the hot climatic conditions associated with this vintage. Drink after 2020.
— M.L.
(12/1/2009)
Quintarelli 1998 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- Editors' Choice
There’s something magical about this wine: the purity, the elegance, the harmony, the immediate rush of intensity. This is one of Italy’s iconic wines thanks to the profound purity it delivers with notes of chocolate, leather, cherry, apple, cola and spice. It imparts loads of succulent flavor and is simply beautiful.
— M.L.
(12/1/2007)
Masciarelli 2001 Villa Gemma Montepulciano (Montepulciano d'Abruzzo)
- Cellar Selection
- $90
This is one of those “wow” wines you encounter on fortunate but rare occasions that radically changes the way you think about a relatively unknown, workhorse grape like Montepulciano d’Abbruzzo. Gianni Masciarelli is a solid and passionate winemaker who has expertly extracted both elegance and complexity: Black cherry, espresso, chocolate and licorice are…
— M.L.
(12/1/2007)
Masciarelli 2004 Villa Gemma Montepulciano (Montepulciano d'Abruzzo)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $100
The Abruzzo region of Central Italy boasts many unknown treasures; among the most beautiful of its riches is Villa Gemma. The late vintner Gianni Masciarelli has tamed the wild beast that is Montepulciano by creating a smooth, soft and extraordinarily rich wine that speaks volumes about the territory and the man who shaped it.
— M.L.
(9/1/2009)
Dal Forno Romano 1999 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella)
- Cellar Selection
- $459
Is this a bruiser or what? Opaque in color, with monster aromatics that run from tar and espresso to maple, violets, cumin and finely scented candle wax. Deep and intense as they come, with charcoal and menthol notes on top of primary blackberry and cassis. No other word besides "massive" describes it. Hugely tannic and weighing in at 17%; needs five to seven years…
— W.E.
(11/1/2005)
Le Salette 2003 Pergole Vece Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- Cellar Selection
- $118
This first-rate Amarone by Franco Scamperle earns an A for typicity and intensity. The aromas are enticing and pristine, with nuances of forest berry, red apple, chocolate, espresso, resin, chopped herbs and cherry pie. It boasts a lively ruby color, spice-driven flavors (the wine ages three years in barrique) and excellent persistence in the mouth.
— M.L.
(10/1/2007)
Masi 2000 Mazzano Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- $140
Shows more leather and cedar than the Campolongo di Torbe, but even more richness and intensity. Slightly pruny, dried-fruit notes are accompanied by hints of apricot, game and dried spices. Lush and long on the finish; the best of the 2000s. It’s approachable, but age-worthy.
— J.C.
(12/31/2006)
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