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Farnese Vini
Five native Italian grapes from two regions in one big, sweet-spiced red. No year on the label, just an edition number counting from 1999. Luca Maroni scores it 99 out of 99. Around £31.
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Cherry, blackberry and blackcurrant over cinnamon, clove, liquorice and cocoa, taken from the shops' own notes and from 78,479 drinker ratings on Vivino. Warm at 14.5%, with soft tannin and a long finish.
Cherry and blackberry first, dark and close to jam, then blackcurrant. Behind the fruit come cinnamon, clove, liquorice and cocoa. It smells richer and sweeter than most Italian reds at this price.
Blackberry
Blackcurrant
Cherry
Plum
Oak
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Liquorice
CocoaBig and warm at 14.5%, with the ripeness Primitivo brings from Puglia and the backbone Montepulciano brings from Abruzzo. The tannin is soft and polished rather than gripping. Thirteen months in French oak show as sweet spice rather than as wood.
Long and warm, with the cocoa and liquorice still there after the fruit has gone.
Made to please a table, and it does: soft, ripe and sweet-spiced, with no year or region to puzzle over. Luca Maroni scores it 99 out of 99. On Vivino 78,479 ratings average 4.3 out of 5, which the site badges as the top 1% of all wines in the world. Drink now or keep it a few years.
Two shops carry it at around £31 to £32. The bottle shows no year, only an edition number. Number 23 counts the years since the first release in 1999, so a higher number means a more recent bottling.
Four scores out of ten. It rates highest for someone new to Italian wine, then with food, close behind on value at £31 for a 99-point score, and mid-table for an occasion.
Soft, ripe and sweet-spiced, with no year or region on the label to work out first.
It suits rich, salty, slow-cooked food. At 14.5% it is too warm for light dishes.
Around £31 for a wine Luca Maroni scores 99 out of 99 and Vivino puts in its top 1%.
A generous, showy red that fills a table, but it carries no grand name on the label.
The shop selling it says ten to fifteen years. It is built to drink young rather than to wait.
At £31 and 14.5% it is a weekend bottle rather than a weeknight one.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
Two of the five grapes grow in Abruzzo, at Notaresco and Ortona, and three in Puglia, at Sava and Manduria. Italian rules make any blend crossing two regions table wine, and table wine cannot show a vintage.
This wine carries no year. Two of its five grapes grow in Abruzzo and three in Puglia. Italian rules file any blend crossing two regions as table wine, and table wine cannot show a vintage. The number on the label counts the years since the first release in 1999.
This wine carries no year. Two of its five grapes grow in Abruzzo and three in Puglia. Italian rules file any blend crossing two regions as table wine, and table wine cannot show a vintage. The number on the label counts the years since the first release in 1999.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Dishes that go with this wine
The shop that sells it points at meat, pasta, aged cheese and cured meat. That is the right shape for the wine: rich, savoury, salty food with enough fat to carry a warm red with soft tannin.
Lamb is fatty and strongly flavoured, and this wine is ripe and warm enough to stand up to it. The fat coats the mouth, and the wine's freshness cuts through it between bites.
Try with: Arrosticini · Spezzatino di pecora · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Agnello Cacio e Ova · More pairings →
A meat ragu that has cooked for hours is soft, sweet and full of fat. That fat rounds off what tannin the wine has, and the wine's dark fruit sits happily next to slow-cooked tomato.
Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Anelletti al forno · Agnolotti del Plin · More pairings →
Roast pork is rich but not loud, so it needs a wine with body rather than one with bite. At 14.5% this one has plenty of body, and its sweet spice matches the herbs and fennel that go with the meat.
Try with: Porchetta · Porceddu · Pampanella · Lucanica · More pairings →
Xtrawine points this wine at mature cheese and cold cuts. Salt makes a ripe red taste fruitier and less alcoholic, so a warm wine like this one feels better balanced with a salty plate in front of it.
Try with: Caciocavallo farcito · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Fonduta · Frico · More pairings →
The cinnamon, clove and cocoa in this wine come from thirteen months in oak. Those are the same notes a barbecue rub puts on meat, so the glass carries on what is already on the plate.
Try with: BBQ ribs · Pulled pork · Ribeye steak · Lamb chops · More pairings →
At 14.5% this is a warm wine, and chilli makes that warmth taste like burn. Delicate fish has the opposite problem: the wine simply flattens it. Neither is a fair fight.
Skip with: Chicken madras · Szechuan beef · Baccala Mantecato · Polenta e schie · Pairing guide →
Xtrawine puts its life at ten to fifteen years from release and asks for an hour in a decanter. Serve it at 16 to 18 degrees; vino.com says 18.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
The shop selling it says ten to fifteen years. It is built to drink young rather than to wait.
£24.80 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumMontepulciano, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera. Autoctoni means native, and all five are Italian: two grown in Abruzzo, three in Puglia.
Because the blend crosses two regions, Italian rules file it as table wine, and table wine cannot show a year. The number on the label counts the years since the first release in 1999.
Ripe cherry and blackberry with cinnamon, clove, liquorice and cocoa. It is warm at 14.5% alcohol, with soft tannin and a long finish.
Luca Maroni scores it 99 out of 99, and 78,479 ratings on Vivino average 4.3 out of 5. Vivino badges it among the top 1% of all wines in the world.
Grilled lamb, slow-cooked meat sauces, roast pork and aged cheese. The shop selling it lists meat, pasta, mature cheese and cured meat.
Around £31 a bottle in the UK. Xtrawine puts its life at ten to fifteen years from release and suggests an hour in a decanter first.
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