Red Wine

According also to "Wine Intelligence" report, Tuscany is known by 58% of US consumers, second only to the local Napa Valley. At least 30% of Americans who know Brunello will definitely buy it.  Moreover, among the data, it can be noticed that Brunello is first also to Prosecco and even of the latter, Americans prefer the Italian one, far ahead in the ranking, to the French one.

Italian wines: wine wholesalers for your wine shop

On the website www.italianwinelover.it you will find a wide selection of Italian wines, including the red wine preferred by Americans. They are the best wine wholesalers, they work in the B2B market and are consolidated in the market for the supply of wine shops and supermarkets. The wines arrive directly at the place thanks to the best couriers they use for shipping.

On the website, you can find not only red wine but also white wine  of every kind and rosé wine from the most prestigious wineries in Italy. You can also find  dessert wines and sparkling ones of many different kinds: dry, extra dry, brut and extra brut. Everything will be done in order to allow your customers to accompany their dinners in an impeccable way, their events and make the best gifts. A quick and fast way for you too, to quickly restock your wine shop.

Red wine to accompany meat: here are the 3 best ones

To accompany fine Italian meat, you need a respectable red wine. Here are the best three:

• Marchesi Antinori Tenuta Guado al Tasso Il Bruciato Bolgheri Rosso DOC: one of the best Tuscan wines, Antinori is one of the most illustrious and famous wines in the Italian wines world, with more than six hundred years of history. Other than Tuscany, there are many wine cellars also in Umbria and Francia Corta. Other than the Wine cellar in the Classic Chianti area, it also has some estates in Bolgheri. The area is famous for its elegant and complex wines. The red wine Bolgheri DOC Il Bruciato was created by a blend of three great French vineyards, the cabernet sauvignon (65%), the merlot (20%), which gives softness and harmony to its taste and the syrah (15%), which brings the typical spicy notes in the final aftertaste. The olfactory profile is intense and complex, with a fruit fragrance and sweet, delicate spicy notes. The palate is full-bodied, characterized by deep aromas and freshness. The finish is long and persistent.

The grapes ferment for almost 10-15 days, partly in Barrique and partly in stainless steel tanks at a high temperature of 28-30° C (82-30° F). Only a part of merlot and syrah will be fermented at lower temperatures, in order to extract and store better the fragrances. After a first period, the wine ages for 8 months in French oak barrique and completes its aging with further 4 months in bottle.

How to serve it? You should drink it between 15° and 18° C. It also could be drunk, just after being opened. At the table, it is best paired with first courses with meat sauce and with second courses of roasted and grilled red meat, stewed meat and game, typical substantial Tuscan dishes. 

• Tommasi Il Sestante Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG: A red wine that is produced from three kinds of grapes from the area: 70% of Corvina Veronese, 25% of Rondinella and Molinara for the last 5%. The name recalls the cultivation area of the vines and, in the existing 8 hectares, there is also the Monte Masua vineyard, where grapes grow in an exceptional way. It is an imperial and deep ruby red wine, with fruit fragrances of ripe black cherries, cherries in liqueur, blackberries and black current, followed by spicy notes like black pepper and a small touch of cinnamon. The taste is powerful and very warm, with a final aftertaste of spicy notes. Grapes are dried for about 5 months in a fruit cellar and only afterwards they are transferred to the cellar, where fermentation takes place in steel tanks, then the wine is aged in large Slavonian oak barrels for about 36 months.

How to serve it? At ambient temperature, between 17° and 20° C.  It is suitable for dishes such as stewed game, roast meat or with platters of mature and excellent cheeses typical of the area and beyond.

• Frescobaldi Castiglioni Chianti DOCG: The Chianti Castiglioni, by Frescobaldi, is produced in the vineyards of the homonymous estate, located in the Chianti DOCG area. It is located in the hills of Val di Pesa, among mild and fresh climates with Tyrrhenian breezes. This wine has a ruby red color with violet hues, aroma of fruity notes of cherry and strawberry with floral hints. The taste is smooth and warm with a long finish.

It is mainly produced with Sangiovese and Merlot grapes, harvested and selected entirely by hand. Fermentation takes place, with maceration, in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature for 11 days. Afterwards, the wine is refined in steel for 6 months with micro-oxygenation, and then it rests for 30 days in bottle before being commercialized.

How to serve it? It is served after 15 minutes from the opening. Perfect to accompany important first courses, such as pappardelle with meat sauce, but it is also ideal with roast chicken, red meats with vegetables and mature cheeses.