Italian Top 12 Reds

Pillastro Primitivo is a full-bodied red wine with ripe raspberry and plum, supported by spiced raisin and fresh-brewed coffee notes. The palate offers sumptuous red and black fruit flavors, mingling with spicy oak and vanilla. Long, smooth finish.

Game, beef, lamb, pizza (esp. meaty), aged cheese, red-sauced pastas.

Saracosa is a full-bodied red wine that offers flavors of deep, dark berries accented by spice and vanilla. Smooth and mouthfilling, it has fine tannins and a long finish.

Pizza and pastas (esp. with red sauce), steak, veal, dark-meat chicken, barbecue, lamb, aged cheeses.

Saserello is a full-bodied red wine with ripe plum, rich black cherry and spice aromas. The palate offers mouthfilling dark fruit, black pepper and toasty vanilla flavors, plus elegant tannins and a long, complex finish.

Beef, pork, firm cheeses, red-sauced pastas, vegetarian meals.

Massaro Del Fondo is a big, rich red wine with rich blackberry, black cherry and black plum jam on the nose, plus subtle baking spice notes. The palate is luxuriously rich and velvety with intensely concentrated black-fruit flavors. Hints of spice frame the long, smooth finish.

Beef, lamb, pizza (esp. with meaty toppings), game, tomato-based pasta dishes, aged cheeses.

Antonio Federici is a full-bodied red with ripe Morello cherry and delicate raspberry aromas. The sumptuous palate has luscious black fruit and cherry flavors, plus hints of warming spice on the long, complex finish.

Aged cheese, duck, game birds, venison, pork, vegetarian.