Learn About Wine: 2016 Italy | Vintages

Natale Verga, Drink now,

The nose of this Trebbiano has notes of bitter almond and apricot kernel, layered with salty minerality. Clean, light-bodied and zesty, this is a fresh and simple wine that is perfect with seafood and salads.

Italy > Abruzzo > Trebbiano D Abruzzo

3 Reviews

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£9.00

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£97.20 Saving £10.80

Bottle 6 x 75cl 32cs

£27.48

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2016 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Il Roccolo Natale Verga, Abruzzo

Natale Verga, Drink now,

Italy > Abruzzo > Montepulciano D Abruzzo

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£9.50

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£102.60 Saving £11.40

Bottle 6 x 75cl 431cs

£29.76

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2016 Pinot Grigio, delle Venezie, Nec Otium, Friuli

Nec Otium, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Drink now,

Italy > Veneto

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£10.35

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£111.84 Saving £12.36

Bottle 12 x 75cl 139cs

£67.20

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2016 Malvasia, Tasto di Seta, Colli Piacentini, Castello di Luzzano

Castello di Luzzano, Lombardy, Drink now,

Until 31st August this product is discounted by 20%*

Giovannella Fugazza's 2016 Colli Piacentini Malvasia Tasto di Seta is a bright and luminous white wine that offers fragrant aromas of field flower and peach blossom. There are drying mineral notes on the close with exotic fruit and honeydew melon. This is an easy-drinking white with just enough aromatic power to pair with dishes based on fresh basil leafs or cilantro.
Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate, 31st August 2017

*Discount already applied to product price. No further discount will be applied at checkout.

Italy > Emilia Romagna

Bottle

£12.96

Case price (12)

£155.52

Bottle 12 x 75cl 7cs

£103.56

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2016 Dolcetto d'Alba, Fontanazza, Marcarini, Piedmont

Marcarini, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Piedmont > Barolo

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£14.00

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£151.20 Saving £16.80

Bottle 12 x 75cl 6cs

£99.96

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2016 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico, Superiore, La Staffa

La Staffa, Drink now,

La Staffa, a small family-owned winery, lies in the heart of the Marche’s Castelli di Jesi region. Their Verdicchio has aromas of lemon, white peach and a hint of lime, while the palate reveals more lemon and peach with a waxy, slightly honeyed note. This is bright and elegant with a lovely mineral spine, refreshing acidity and a saline finish.

2 Reviews

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£14.75

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£159.36 Saving £17.64

Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs

£53.40

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2016 Pinot Noir, Umore Nero, Oltrepò Pavese, Castello di Luzzano

Castello di Luzzano, Lombardy, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Lombardy > Oltrepo Pavese

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£14.95

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Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs

£108.60

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2016 Dolcetto d'Alba, Cascina Luisin, Piedmont

Cascina Luisin, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

This finely-wrought Dolcetto d’Alba possesses notes of red berry fruit layered with black cherry. Stone-inflected minerals and cherry pit add savoury complexity. There is a lightness of touch that belies the wine’s concentration. Drink now to 2019.

Italy > Piedmont > Barbera D Alba

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£16.20

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£174.96 Saving £19.44

Bottle 12 x 75cl 2cs

£119.76

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2016 Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio, Rosso, Mastroberardino, Campania

Mastroberardino, Ready, but will keep,

This wine is made with 100 percent Piedirosso, one of Campania’s native red grapes that is now in limited production. Grown on volcanic soil, here – in the hands of the masterful team at Mastroberardino – it produces a generous wine, with aromas of black cherry and plum. The palate is smooth, with ripe tannins and layers of spicy complexity.

Italy > Campania > Taurasi

2 Reviews

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£16.25

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£175.56 Saving £19.44

Bottle 6 x 75cl 5cs

£60.12

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2016 Valpolicella Borgomarcellise, Marion, Veneto

Marion, Veneto, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Veneto > Valpolicella

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£17.00

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£183.60 Saving £20.40

Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs

£126.96

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2016 Montunal, Lugana, Montonale, Lombardy

Montonale, Ready, but will keep,

A crisp, mineral, and textured Lugana from one of Italy’s smallest DOCs near to lake Garda, made form indigenous grape Turbiana

Italy > Lombardy

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£17.50

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£185.88 Saving £24.12

Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs

£64.44

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£154.00

Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs

£67.00

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2016 Mezzogiorno, Fiano, Salento, Morella, Puglia

Morella, Puglia, Drink now,

Italy > Puglia

Bottle

£17.78

Case price (12)

£213.36

Bottle 6 x 75cl 9cs

£75.90

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2016 Novaserra, Greco di Tufo, Mastroberardino, Campania

Mastroberardino, Ready, but will keep,

Made with 100 percent Greco di Tufo, Mastroberardino may be best known for their rich and age-worthy Aglianicos, but this white is equally delicious. The nose hints of herbs, white peach and pear, while the palate is scented and well structured. A bright, clear freshness adds definition and length.

Italy > Campania > Taurasi

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£18.50

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£99.90 Saving £11.10

Bottle 6 x 75cl 25cs

£70.26

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2016 Pitasso, Colli Tortonesi, Claudio Mariotto, Tortona

Claudio Mariotto, Drink now,

Italy > Piedmont > Colli Tortonesi

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£18.60

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2016 Passerina dei Colli Aprutini, Collepietro, Faraone, Abruzzo

Faraone, Abruzzo, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Abruzzo > Montepulciano D Abruzzo

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£18.75

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2016 Roero Arneis, Cornarea, Canale, Piedmont

Cornarea, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

This has lovely white peach and acacia flower on the nose, with a hint of lime and bay leaf. The vines are planted in the sandy calcareous soils of the Canale, and are rich in magnesium minerals, which gives a salty minerality to the wines. The palate reveals white peach and pear, mouth-watering acidity, a rich texture with a slight waxy character and a lingering, saline finish. This wine would be great with asparagus risotto, peach and hazelnut salad or seafood ceviche.

Italy > Piedmont > Arneis Di Roero

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£18.80

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2016 Pigato, Fèipu del Massaretti, Riviera Ligure di Ponente, Liguria

Feipu dei Massaretti, Liguria, Drink now,

Italy > Liguria

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£19.00

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£205.20 Saving £22.80

Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs

£72.48

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2016 Redimore, Irpinia Aglianico, Mastroberardino, Campania

Mastroberardino, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Campania > Taurasi

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£20.95

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£226.20 Saving £25.20

Bottle 12 x 75cl 4cs

£162.48

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2016 Orestilla, Lugana, Montonale, Lombardy

Montonale, Ready, but will keep,

100% hand-harvested Turbiana. Single vineyard of Orestilla. 30% is fermented and aged in steamed (untoasted) 500-litre oak barrels. Real grip with hazelnuts and citrus fruit. Great structure – beginning, middle and end. Exciting with light and energising bitterness on the finish. Great stuff!
Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com

Italy > Lombardy

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£22.50

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£99.48

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2016 Bolgheri, Rosso, Grattamacco, Tuscany, Italy

Grattamacco, Ready, but will keep,

The Bolgheri Rosso 2016 grows at 100>200m altitude, under 2km from the Mediterranean sea. The 2016 has a deep core of black cherry, cassis and balsamic flashes, framed by an immediate and fruity expression. Sweet spices of smoke and oak, attained from 10 months in barrique and framed by firm, yet silky tannins. Grown on rocky and calcareous soils, the signature of Grattamacco is expressive and mineral salinity which carries the palate on and on. Drink now to 2026.

Italy > Tuscany > Bolgheri

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£22.50

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£243.00 Saving £27.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 30cs

£88.26

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2016 Etna Bianco, Giovanni Rosso, Sicilia

Giovanni Rosso, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

This is the first release of famed Barolo producer Davide Rosso’s Etna Bianco, made with fruit grown on the lava-baked slopes of Mount Etna. It offers an expressive and attractive nose of green mango, ginger, lemon pith, with macchia herbs and white flowers. The palate is full and intense, pure citrus with fresh almond and camomile tea. Ripe-fruit charm is cut by intense minerality and volcanic salinity which draws the palate to a mouth-watering crescendo. Delicious now, this has a bright future; drink now to 2025.

Italy > Sicily > Etna

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£43.00

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£232.20 Saving £25.80

Bottle 6 x 75cl 23cs

£180.48

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2016 Barrosu, Cannonau di Sardegna, G. Montisci, Sardinia

Giovanni Montisci, Sardinia, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Sardinia

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£47.75

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£515.76 Saving £57.24

Bottle 6 x 75cl 20cs

£197.58

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2016 Langhe Nebbiolo, Trediberri, La Morra, Piedmont

Trediberri, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

Bottled in June this year. Possessing the form and structure of classic Nebbiolo. The tannins and fruit are layered with cherry fruit, with foral notes and minerals lingering on the finish. Drink from 2017.
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

Italy > Piedmont > Langhe

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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£150.00

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2016 Langhe Nebbiolo, Vigna Rionda, Gionanni Rosso, Piedmont

Giovanni Rosso, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

The Vigna Rionda vineyard is one of the most prized in Italy, if not the world. The grapes from this magical site are declassified Barolo, exclusively from Davide’s younger vines from the steep, calcareous south-facing slope in Serralunga d’Alba. Fermentation lasts three weeks, and the young wine is rested in specially selected large barrels of Fontainebleau oak for 12 months. The result is a taste of the ethereal Vigna Rionda in an accessible and immediate style. Perfumed and intense with a nose of rose, black cherries, peaches and wild strawberries. The palate is charming, with fresh forest fruits, silky tannins and vivid Nebbiolo freshness obtained from the ancient mineral soils. Drink now to 2035.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Italy > Piedmont > Langhe

En Primeur

Bottle 6 x 75cl 7cs

£333.00

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2016 Cervaro della Sala, Antinori, Umbria

Antinori, For laying down,

Italy > Umbria

Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs

£295.00

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2016 Guidalberto, Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany

Sassicaia, Ready, but will improve,

Italy > Tuscany > Igt Tuscany

New To BBX

Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs

£290.00

New To BBX

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£318.00

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2016 Nebbiolo d'Alba, Cornarea, Piedmont

Cornarea, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

Although the white wines of Arneis are Gian Nicola and brother Piero’s flagship wines, their Nebbiolo is becoming an increasing focus from them. Hand-picked in the Canale d’Alba area, the Cornarea Nebbiolo spends one year in large botte, giving texture and spice to the local grape. The ‘16 vintage offers a beautiful balance of rich fruit and freshness, with notes of violets, fruitcake, lip-smacking black cherry and mixed spices. Drink now to 2028.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Italy > Piedmont > Nebbiolo D Alba

En Primeur

Bottle 6 x 75cl 8cs

£66.00