Which are the most famous Red Wines found in Italy?

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 at 11:30 pm

There are a few famous Italian Red Wines as Italians are known for producing some of the best red wine around. It is very popular for them to drink it with every meal. Among the many wines they like to drink the most famous are probably Barolo, Amarone, Chianti, Aldo Conterno, Enzo Boglietti, Pio Cesare, Vietti, Elvio Cogno, Mascarello, Luciano Sandrone and Angelo Gaja. All of the above wines are very widely known because of their tastes. Some of the wines are a dry wine. A dry wine has a more of a burning feeling to it when you drink and is not drank all so commonly.

The other type of wine is what I call a fruity wine. Fruity wine tastes more sweet and is easier to drink because of this. Many people prefer sweeter red wine because it can be easily used to compliment desserts. Wine also has many other uses in the Italian culture. Many Italians use wine in almost all of their cooking dishes. It adds acid and balances some flavours out in the dish. The better the wine usually the better the dish will taste. Many people refuse to use expensive wine on cooking, though because it costs too much.

Pretty much, the most famous red wines are famous because of quality of ingredient. They use the best grapes on those wines offering a better taste. More so, the wines are aged for sometimes fifty years before being open and drank. The older the wine the better it tastes in most cases. Italian’s also have a very prominent position in the wine making community because they have been making wine for a very long time and have become very good at it.

A lot of wines can be considered famous, but the wines listed above are the most famous. Whether it is for their taste, cooking ability, or complimentary aspect to desserts. Everybody loves a good red Italian wine as the can know they will be in for a treat!

Which famous Italian Red Wine do you prefer