Italy is home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world and is the world’s second largest wine producer behind France. Italian wine is exported around the world and is also extremely popular in the country itself since grapes are grown in almost every region of the country and there are more than one million vineyards under cultivation. There are 20 wine regions in the country and they correspond to its 20 political regions. Wine grape growing takes place throughout the entire country. With Italy’s long north-south peninsula, each Italian wine region benefits from the micro-climates assisted by the exposure to the seas. Italy has a wide range of altitudes and a variety of soil conditions as well.
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Flaccianello combines all the wild and old-world characteristics of the Sangiovese grape with the modern vinification techniques of what may be the top winemaking house in Tuscany today. The vineyards from which this wine takes its name continues to produce a Sangiovese of superior quality year on year. Made with 100% Sangiovese.
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Castello Di Monsanto 'il Poggio' Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2016, red wine from Sangiovese grapes, comes from the Chianti region of Tuscany in Italy. This wine is a single vineyard wine. With vines ranging from 25 to 45 years old, Monsanto's six-hectare II Poggio site is divided into three parcels that ripen up to one week apart.
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Its purple color, the concentration of various substances is clearly very high. You won't experience a sense of surprise but a dense and awaited pleasure: a spicy layer that envelops a pulpy heart of fleshy and ripe currant. The intense aroma, the expert oenologic execution leading to a not overly tannic softness, and other quality reverberations of this expressive and majestic wine.
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Rucola“Rucolino” Amaro alla Rucola is made from Arugula leaves along with citrus peel, herbs, and roots.Amber, with dark orange hues, the liqueur recalls notes of citrus fruit, cedar, and subtle caramel. Lively on the palate and with a pleasingly bitter aftertaste.The name Rucolino comes from rucola or arugula, Eruca Sativa, the leaves of which are employed to make this liqueur.It is the first of its kind and a registered trademark.