DOC Red

Conte Vistarino Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese DOC

Conte Vistarino

Grapes
Croatina, Barbera
Denomination
Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese DOC
Region
Lombardy
ABV
7%
Drink
Now to 2027

A sweet, lightly sparkling red from Conte Vistarino in the Oltrepò Pavese hills. The 2024 is 65% Croatina and 35% Barbera, with violet and strawberry on the nose and just 7% alcohol. Serve it cool with dark chocolate.

Price
£11.60 Save 30%

2024 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Where to buy Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese DOC Conte Vistarino

£11.60 price · 1 retailer in stock · checked 25 Oct 2026

One shop sells this wine in the UK, so there is no price to compare between shops. Each price is the one on its page today, read daily.

Vino.com Best price Save 30% 2024 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129 Code WINE6R8T: £17 off your first wine order with £180 minimum spend, until 13 Jan 2028
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Tasting Notes

How Conte Vistarino's 2024 Sangue di Giuda tastes: violet, strawberry and sweet fruit

Conte Vistarino's 2024 is 65% Croatina and 35% Barbera, picked by hand in mid-September. The crushed grapes rest on their skins in the cold for five days to draw out colour and scent. Fermentation is then stopped by chilling, and the wine keeps 100 grams of sugar per litre at just 7% alcohol.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial, from the producer's notes
Tasted on
14 July 2025
Vintage in glass
2024
Source
Producer notes · confidence High
Typical of Croatina
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Violet and strawberry lead the way, rich and gently aromatic, and the scent shows itself at once. The crushed grapes rest on their skins in the cold for five days to draw out the colour and the scent.

VioletViolet
Black cherryBlack cherry
CherryCherry
PlumPlum
StrawberryStrawberry
Palate

Sweet, soft and elegant, with the acidity and the natural sweetness in balance, as the producer's own note puts it. There are 100 grams of sugar in every litre against just 7% alcohol, and the fizz is light.

Finish

Fruit and sweetness carry through to the end. At only 7% alcohol, the 2024 leaves no heat on the finish.

Overall

A sweet red for dark chocolate or something spicy, best drunk young, by 2027. Falstaff scored the 2022 vintage at 90 points. It suits anyone who likes a red that is sweet, fruity and low in alcohol.

Drink now Best by 2027
Live UK pricing

Buying Conte Vistarino Sangue di Giuda in the UK: the 2024, from the one shop on this page

One shop on this page has the 2024 in stock, so there is no price to compare here. At 7% alcohol the wine pays the lower UK duty rate for wine of 3.5% to 8.4%, about £1.40 a bottle.

Best price · 75 cl · 2024 £11.60 at Vino.com
75cl · 2024 available from Vino.com £11.60, in stock
Vintages live 2024 Current release: 2024
Per-litre (75cl · 2024 basis) £15.47 Lowest current 75cl · 2024 offer
Last checked 25 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

Where Conte Vistarino Sangue di Giuda fits: sweet, fizzy and 7%

Its strongest card is Best intro to this style. Violet and strawberry, a light fizz and just 7% alcohol make it an easy first sweet red.

Best intro to this style 8.2/10

An easy first sweet red, with violet and strawberry on the nose, a light fizz and just 7% alcohol.

Best with food 6.4/10

It shines with dark chocolate desserts, spicy cured meats, red fruit and chilli heat, the matches Conte Vistarino gives. Being sweet, it suits fewer main courses than a dry red.

Best everyday bottle 5.5/10

Light in alcohol and fairly priced, but a sweet red suits a pudding or a spicy snack better than a weeknight dinner.

Best value 5.2/10

At £16.70 it buys a hand-picked DOC wine, and its low strength keeps UK duty to about £1.40 a bottle, around half what a 12% wine pays.

Best for an occasion 3.5/10

A cheerful bottle to finish a meal or share at a party, rather than one to mark a big day.

Best for cellar 1.2/10

Made to drink young. It sees no barrel, the rules set no ageing time, and we would open the 2024 by 2027.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese in five fields

A compact view of what the Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
Variety list not yet recorded
This bottle: Croatina, Barbera.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Pavia
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOC · Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
What that means →
Vintages

Conte Vistarino Sangue di Giuda 2024, the vintage on sale

The 2024 is the vintage on sale here, at 7% alcohol by the producer's sheet. Its grapes were picked by hand in mid-September. We would drink it young, by 2027.

2024 Current release
Best price
£11.60
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
7.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

The 2024 is 65% Croatina and 35% Barbera, picked by hand in mid-September and bottled at 7% alcohol. We would drink it young, by 2027.

2024 Current release
Best price
£11.60
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
7.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

The 2024 is 65% Croatina and 35% Barbera, picked by hand in mid-September and bottled at 7% alcohol. We would drink it young, by 2027.

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.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Conte Vistarino and Sangue di Giuda, a DOC of the Oltrepò Pavese

The Giorgi di Vistarino family has owned a large farm estate at Rocca de' Giorgi since the mid-1400s, by its own account. Ottavia Giorgi di Vistarino leads the family firm today. Sangue di Giuda became a DOC in its own right in 2010. Its frizzante must have at least 80 grams of sugar per litre and at least 7% alcohol. At 7%, this 2024 sits right on the alcohol floor.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
  • Yield ceiling. 10.5 tonnes per hectare
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese falls within Lombardy, covering Pavia.

The zone the estate stands in The producer

Made at Conte Vistarino, Villa Fornace. Directions

04

Reading the label

  • Conte VistarinoProducer / estate
  • Croatina · BarberaGrape varieties
  • Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2024Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 7.0% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese DOC Conte Vistarino

Tracked from
£11.60
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
3 up / 2 down
Main factor
Grapes picked by hand into 20 kg crates
  1. 01

    Grapes picked by hand into 20 kg crates

    Cost up

    Conte Vistarino picks the Croatina and Barbera for this wine by hand in mid-September, into small 20 kg crates. Hand picking takes more labour than a machine harvest.

  2. 02

    Five days on the skins in chilled steel tanks

    Cost up

    Before fermentation the crushed grapes rest for five days in chilled steel tanks to draw out colour and scent, a step that takes tank space and cooling.

  3. 03

    Fizz made in a pressure tank, no time in barrel

    Cost down

    The wine ferments in a sealed pressure tank that keeps its bubbles. It then goes into bottle with no time in barrel, so there is no oak or long cellar ageing to pay for.

  4. 04

    Lower UK duty at 7% alcohol

    Cost down

    Wine of 3.5% to 8.4% alcohol pays £26.61 of UK duty per litre of pure alcohol, against £30.62 from 8.5% to 22%. At 7% this bottle carries about £1.40 of duty, about half the £2.76 a 12% wine pays.

  5. 05

    UK tax inside the £16.70 price

    Cost up

    Of the £16.70 price, about £4.18 is tax: about £2.78 of VAT and £1.40 of duty.

01

Grapes picked by hand into 20 kg crates

Cost up

Conte Vistarino picks the Croatina and Barbera for this wine by hand in mid-September, into small 20 kg crates. Hand picking takes more labour than a machine harvest.

Food Pairing

Dark chocolate, spicy cured meats and red fruit with Conte Vistarino Sangue di Giuda

Conte Vistarino suggests dark chocolate desserts, spicy cured meats, red fruit salads and spicy dishes. A sweet red needs food that is less sweet than it is, and this one has 100 grams of sugar per litre to work with.

Sweet balance Strong match

Dark chocolate desserts

Dark chocolate is bitter and only lightly sweet, so a sweet red meets it without turning sour. This Sangue di Giuda from the Oltrepò Pavese has 100 grams of sugar per litre, which softens the bitterness and adds red fruit to the cocoa. Conte Vistarino suggests dark chocolate desserts itself.

Try with: Torta Barozzi · Dark chocolate cake · Dark chocolate mousse

Salt balance Strong match

Spicy cured meats

Salt and pepper in a spicy salami make a sweet wine taste fruitier. The light fizz and the acidity of this Croatina and Barbera red then clear the fat from your mouth. Conte Vistarino names spicy cured meats as a match.

Try with: Pizza Diavola · Spicy salami · 'Nduja on toast

Aromatic bridge Good match

Strawberries and red fruit salads

Conte Vistarino's Sangue di Giuda smells of violet and strawberry, so ripe red berries meet the same notes in the glass. Its sweetness matches the fruit, where a dry red would taste sharp beside it.

Try with: Fresh strawberries · Red berry fruit salad · Raspberries and cream

Sweet balance Good match

Chilli-hot dishes

Sugar softens chilli heat, while alcohol fans it. Sweet and only 7% alcohol, this Sangue di Giuda calms a hot dish where a strong dry red would make it burn more. The producer suggests spicy dishes too.

Try with: Crispy chilli beef · Chicken tikka · Red Curry

Avoid Clash

Puddings sweeter than the wine

A pudding sweeter than the wine strips out its fruit and leaves it tasting thin and sour. Even with 100 grams of sugar per litre, this Sangue di Giuda is outmatched by treacle tart or a tres leches cake.

Skip with: Treacle Tart · Tres Leches Cake · Sticky toffee pudding · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping Conte Vistarino Sangue di Giuda: a wine to drink young

The rules set no ageing time for Sangue di Giuda. Conte Vistarino makes this one in steel and pressure tanks and bottles it with no time in barrel. We would open the 2024 by 2027.

Drinking window
2024 → 2027

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Serving temperature
16-18°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

Made to drink young. It sees no barrel, the rules set no ageing time, and we would open the 2024 by 2027.

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Buy now

£11.60 for a 75cl bottle of the 2024, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Conte Vistarino Sangue di Giuda page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 25 Oct 2026, 04:10 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Based on the producer's published tasting notes.

Confidence · High
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our 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 · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Conte Vistarino, Sangue di Giuda and the Oltrepò Pavese: related pages

Producer
Conte Vistarino Lombardy
Grapes
Croatina Barbera
Denomination
Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese DOC
Region
Lombardy Region guide

Common Questions

Yes, it is a sweet wine. The producer gives it 100 grams of sugar per litre and just 7% alcohol. The rules for a Sangue di Giuda frizzante ask for at least 80 grams of sugar per litre.

It means Judas's blood. The producer tells an old legend about the name. In it, Judas, sorry for betraying Jesus, was forgiven and brought back to life in the Oltrepò. There he healed the local vines of a disease.

The 2024 is 65% Croatina and 35% Barbera, both red grapes. The producer's older sheet for the 2022 also listed Uva Rara, so earlier bottles may differ. The rules allow up to 65% Croatina, so the 2024 uses as much as is permitted.

Dark chocolate desserts, spicy cured meats, red fruit salads and spicy dishes are the producer's own suggestions. Its sweetness softens chilli heat, and at 7% alcohol it does not fan the burn the way a strong red would.

Serve it cool, at 12 to 15°C, the range the producer gives. That is cooler than most red wines are served.

One shop on this page has the 2024 in stock, at £16.70 a bottle. With a single seller there is no price to compare here.

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