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A soft, juicy Molise red from one small plot near the Adriatic. Montepulciano leads, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot behind it. Steel tanks only, no oak, so the cherry and wild berry fruit stays fresh. An easy midweek bottle at about £14.
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The estate publishes its own note for this wine. It is made in steel tanks only and bottled the March after picking, so the fruit stays fresh and no oak flavour gets in.
Tenimenti Grieco describe the nose as mixed berries and cherry, and that is what turns up. The fruit smells fresh rather than jammy, because the wine never sees a barrel. A faint leafy edge comes from the small Cabernet Sauvignon share in the blend.
Blackberry
Blackcurrant
Cherry
Forest berries
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RaspberrySoft and juicy, with the fruit sitting right at the front. The estate calls the tannin non invasive and the acidity measured, and both read that way. On the 2023 that means 12% alcohol and 5 grams of sugar in a litre, so it feels light and easy. The clay soil at San Martino in Pensilis gives it a little weight in the middle.
Short and fruity, and it ends clean. There is no oak here to leave a dry edge, because the wine only ever sees steel.
An everyday Molise red to open and finish, not to keep. Vivino drinkers give it 3.4 from 366 ratings, which reads as solid and uncomplicated rather than special. It is the entry wine in the Grieco range, well below the Tintilia that wins the estate its medals.
Great Wines Direct lists the 2023 at £14.44 a bottle. In Italy the same wine sells for about 7 euros, so most of that gap is UK duty, VAT and shipping.
The scores come from the wine itself: 12% alcohol, soft tannin, no oak ageing, and a UK price near £14.
Low alcohol, a soft texture and a £14.44 price make it a straightforward weeknight red.
Ripe cherry fruit, no oak and gentle tannin make this one of the easier Italian reds to start with.
Soft tannin, fresh acidity and only 12% alcohol make this an easy match for tomato pasta, grilled pork and semi hard cheese.
At £14.44 it sits at the going rate for a small estate southern Italian red in the UK, and about £5 of that is duty and VAT.
An entry level Terre degli Osci red with no awards of its own, so it lacks the weight a celebration bottle needs.
Steel only, bottled the March after harvest, and 12% alcohol: nothing here is built to reward keeping.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Osco / Terre degli Osci denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
2022 was hot and dry in Molise, then saved by August rain. 2023 gave Italy its smallest harvest since 1947, after downy mildew hit the centre and south hardest.
2023 gave Italy its smallest harvest since 1947, after heavy spring rain brought downy mildew to the centre and south. Neighbouring Abruzzo lost about 70% of its crop. The estate bottled this vintage at 12% alcohol, a point below the 13% on its own older sheet.
2022 was hot and dry across Molise and Abruzzo, with record summer heat. August rain arrived in time, and growers in both regions expected excellent quality from the year.
2023 gave Italy its smallest harvest since 1947, after heavy spring rain brought downy mildew to the centre and south. Neighbouring Abruzzo lost about 70% of its crop. The estate bottled this vintage at 12% alcohol, a point below the 13% on its own older sheet.
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.
Antonio Grieco and Emanuela Cecca founded the estate in the Portocannone hills above the sea. Their medals go to the Tintilia 200 Metri and the Triassi, not to this everyday red.
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.
Osco / Terre degli Osci is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Osco / Terre degli Osci falls within Molise.
Winery
Portocannone
Wine area
Made at Tenimenti Grieco, Portocannone. Directions
Tenimenti Grieco take this wine from a single 1.10 hectare vineyard planted in 2001, and pick the bunches by hand. Small plots and hand picking cost more per bottle than machine work on a big estate.
There is no barrel and no long wait. The estate ages the wine in steel and bottles it the March after picking, so it carries none of the barrel or cellar cost a Riserva does.
At 12% alcohol the duty is about £2.76 a bottle, at the £30.62 rate per litre of pure alcohol that started in February 2026. Add 20% VAT and roughly £5.17 of the £14.44 shelf price is tax.
The estate medals go to its Tintilia 200 Metri and its Triassi, not to Anima Osca. Molise also sells for less than Tuscany, so this red asks £14.44 where a better known name would ask more.
The wine is sold as Terre degli Osci IGT, and Tenimenti Grieco release it within months of harvest. No money is tied up in stock for years, which helps keep the price near £14.
Portocannone sits on the Adriatic coast. Freight, the importer margin and the shop margin all sit between the 7 euro Italian shelf price and the £14.44 charged here.
Dishes that go with this wine
The estate suggests starters, tasty pasta, meat main courses and semi hard cheese. Vivino drinkers reach for beef, lamb and pasta instead.
Tomato sauce and this wine work on acidity. The fresh acid in the wine matches the acid in the tomato, so neither one tastes sour or flat. The soft tannin then stays out of the way of the cheese.
Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Pizza Margherita · Pizza Marinara · Pasta alla Norma · More pairings →
Grilled pork and lamb leave fat on the tongue. The bright acid here cuts through it and resets your mouth between bites. Molise cooks this way often, and Pampanella is the local proof.
Try with: Pampanella · Arrosticini · Porchetta · Lucanica · More pairings →
Salami and semi hard cheese are salty, and salt makes soft red fruit taste sweeter and rounder. This wine has plenty of that fruit and very little grip, so the board never turns bitter.
Try with: Gnocco fritto · Caciocavallo farcito · Frico · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · More pairings →
Baked pasta is rich but not heavy, and neither is this. At 12% alcohol it sits beside a lasagne instead of steamrolling it. A big Tuscan red would win the argument and spoil the plate.
Try with: Lasagna · Anelletti al forno · Frittata di maccheroni · Cotoletta alla bolognese · More pairings →
Sweet dried peppers and southern greens have a smoky, slightly bitter edge. The ripe cherry fruit here bridges that gap and softens the bitterness. The small Cabernet Sauvignon share adds a leafy note that echoes the peppers.
Try with: Peperoni Cruschi · Cavatelli con Peperoni Cruschi · Strangolapreti Alla Potentina · Agnello Ragu Lucano · More pairings →
Chilli heat and sweet sour sauces flatten this wine. Heat scrubs out the soft fruit and leaves the acid on its own, and sugar in a sauce makes the wine taste thin and sharp. Save it for the milder plate.
Skip with: Chicken madras · Kung pao chicken · Green curry · Pizza Diavola · Pairing guide →
Steel tanks, no oak, and bottling the March after harvest. Maria Concetta Raimondo makes this wine for the next year or two, not for a cellar.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Steel only, bottled the March after harvest, and 12% alcohol: nothing here is built to reward keeping.
£14.44 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighNotes published by the producer, quoted with attribution.
Confidence · HighFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur 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 · MediumSoft, juicy and full of cherry and wild berry fruit. The estate ages it in steel tanks and never uses oak, so the fruit tastes fresh and the tannin stays gentle. At 12% alcohol it is lighter than most southern Italian reds.
Montepulciano leads, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot filling out the rest. All three were planted in 2001 on one clay plot at San Martino in Pensilis, near the Adriatic coast. The estate's Italian and English sheets give different shares for each grape, so the exact split is not settled.
Tomato pasta, pizza, grilled pork and lamb, and semi hard cheese all work. Tenimenti Grieco suggest starters, tasty pasta, meat main courses and semi hard cheese. In Molise the local match is pampanella, a paprika marinated pork.
Drink it now. Tenimenti Grieco bottle this wine the March after harvest and use no oak, so it is ready the day it reaches the shelf. The 2023 should stay fresh to about 2027.
About £5.17 of the £14.44 price is UK duty and VAT. The rest covers a small hand picked plot, freight from the Adriatic coast, and the importer and shop margins. The same wine sells for around 7 euros in Italy.
Great Wines Direct lists the 2023 at £14.44 a bottle. The 2022 has also been sold in the UK. The 2023 is bottled at 12% alcohol and drinks light and fresh.
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