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Velenosi's Il Brecciarolo blends 70% Montepulciano with 30% Sangiovese from its own vineyards around Offida and Ascoli Piceno. Warm, full-bodied and lingering, with juicy red fruit, violets and a vanilla edge from used oak.
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Velenosi grows the grapes in its own vineyards around Offida and Ascoli Piceno, 200 to 300 metres up on clay and limestone. The wine ferments in steel, stays about 20 days on the skins and then rests in used oak barrels.
Fleshy red fruit, very fresh violets and a hint of spice, in Marianna Velenosi's own note. Drinkers mention oak and vanilla more than anything else, then plum, blackberry and cherry, so expect the used oak barrels to show from the first sniff.
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VanillaWarm and full-bodied, with the cherry and dried-plum fruit the producer's sheet picks out. The 70% Montepulciano and 30% Sangiovese come from Velenosi's own vineyards 200 to 300 metres up on clay and limestone around Offida and Ascoli Piceno, and the wine stays balanced rather than heavy.
Lingering and warm, as the producer's sheet puts it, with a vanilla edge from barrels first used for the estate's Ludi and Roggio wines.
Drinkers rate it 3.7 out of 5 across almost 9,000 ratings, and the 2022 is the best-rated recent year at 4.0. Oak, black fruit and red fruit are the words they use most. A warm, dependable Marche red for grilled meat and baked pasta, best drunk young.
The one shop on this page lists the 2024 at £11.80, a cut price. Among the Rosso Piceno wines in stock on this site today it sits in the cheaper half, with James Suckling's 91 points for the 2021 behind the name.
Food and value are its strongest cards: a full-bodied red at £11.80 that handles grilled meat, roasts and baked pasta.
Full body, warm fruit and a fresh Sangiovese share make Il Brecciarolo a safe match for grilled meat, roasts, baked pasta and hard cheese.
At £11.80 from the one shop on this page it sits in the cheaper half of the Rosso Piceno wines in stock on this site today. James Suckling scored the 2021 at 91 points.
Juicy red fruit, a vanilla edge and a warm, smooth taste make this an easy first Marche red. The blend reads as a step up from a plain Montepulciano.
A warm, full-bodied red at £11.80 that suits weeknight pasta and a weekend roast alike.
Good for a relaxed dinner with friends rather than a gift. James Suckling's 91 points for the 2021 give it a talking point, but the 2024 is an everyday bottle.
The 2024 has a drinking window to 2027 on this page. It is one to drink young rather than to lay down.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Rosso Piceno/Piceno denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
The 2024 on sale here is listed by the producer at 13.5% alcohol. For the 2021, the producer's page lists 91 points from James Suckling and 88 points with a Best Buy tag from Wine Enthusiast.
The 2024 is the vintage the producer lists at 13.5% alcohol and the one on sale here. Treat it as a wine for its first three years, so drink it by about 2027.
The 2024 is the vintage the producer lists at 13.5% alcohol and the one on sale here. Treat it as a wine for its first three years, so drink it by about 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.
Il Brecciarolo is 70% Montepulciano and 30% Sangiovese from vineyards Velenosi owns in the districts of Offida and Ascoli Piceno. It ages in barrels first used for the estate's Ludi and Roggio wines.
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.
Rosso Piceno/Piceno 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.
Rosso Piceno/Piceno falls within Marche.
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Of the £11.80 the one shop on this page asks, about £5.07 is tax: £3.10 duty on a 13.5% wine of 75 cl and £1.97 VAT.
Velenosi picks the grapes by hand in small crates from its own vineyards around Offida and Ascoli Piceno and keeps them in temperature-controlled cells before fermentation.
The wine ages in barrels first used for Velenosi's Ludi and Roggio wines, which costs less than new oak and keeps the vanilla edge gentle.
The producer gives a yield of about 110 quintals of grapes per hectare, about 2 kg per vine, which spreads the cost of the vineyard over many bottles.
The shop on this page sells the 2024 at a cut price of £11.80, below its usual list price.
Il Brecciarolo's full body and warm red fruit suit grilled beef, lamb and baked pasta. Beef, veal, poultry and pasta are the food matches listed for it.
Montepulciano gives Il Brecciarolo a full body and a warm, lingering taste that meets the char and fat of grilled red meat. The meat softens the tannin, so the cherry and plum fruit come forward.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Ribeye steak · Lamb chops · Leg of lamb · More pairings →
The Sangiovese share keeps this Rosso Piceno fresh enough to cut through béchamel, cheese and slow-cooked meat sauce. Its red fruit and violet scent sit well beside tomato.
Try with: Lasagna · Ragu alla bolognese · Agnello Ragu Lucano · More pairings →
A full-bodied Montepulciano blend has the weight for roast beef, lamb or pork with gravy. The vanilla edge from the used oak suits browned, roasted flavours.
Try with: Sunday Roast Beef · Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce · Roast pork · Roast Duck · More pairings →
Dried plum and sour cherry in Il Brecciarolo echo the deep flavours of a long braise. The warm, lingering palate matches the richness without overpowering the dish.
Try with: Beef stew · Brasato al Barolo · Venison Stew · Bollito dei Pastori
Salt in aged cheese and cured pork makes the fruit of this Rosso Piceno taste sweeter and its tannin softer. Its full body stands up to a strong cheddar or pecorino.
Try with: Cheese board · Strong cheddar cheese · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Melton Mowbray Pork Pie
Chilli heat makes the tannin of this Montepulciano blend taste harsh and its 13.5% alcohol burn. Sweet glazes flatten its dry red fruit. Keep it for savoury food with little heat.
Skip with: Crispy chilli beef · Szechuan beef · Lamb bhuna · Sweet and sour pork · Pairing guide →
The 2024 has a drinking window to 2027 on this page. A Rosso Piceno aged in used oak at this price is for the next few dinners, not the 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.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
The 2024 has a drinking window to 2027 on this page. It is one to drink young rather than to lay down.
£13.40 for a 75cl bottle of the 2024, at XtraWine, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 3.7 out of 5 from 8,798 ratings on Vivino.
Confidence · MediumFrom 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 · MediumIt is 70% Montepulciano and 30% Sangiovese from vineyards Velenosi owns around Offida and Ascoli Piceno, 200 to 300 metres up on clay and limestone. The grapes are picked by hand in small crates, usually in mid-October.
It ferments in steel tanks and stays about 20 days on the skins. It then ages in small oak barrels first used for Velenosi's Ludi and Roggio wines, which gives it a vanilla edge without heavy new oak.
Warm, full-bodied and lingering, with juicy red fruit, fresh violets and a hint of spice. Drinkers most often mention oak and vanilla, then plum, blackberry and cherry, and rate it 3.7 out of 5 across almost 9,000 ratings.
Drink it between now and about 2027. It is a wine for its first three years, not one to cellar, and it shows best with food such as grilled meat, roasts or lasagne.
The one shop on this page sells the 2024 at £11.80, a cut price, so there is no price to compare here. Of that £11.80, about £5.07 is tax: £3.10 duty on a 13.5% wine and £1.97 VAT.
The producer's page lists 91 points from James Suckling and 88 points with a Best Buy tag from Wine Enthusiast for the 2021. That vintage is not on sale here now; the 2024 is.
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