90+ Point Italian Reds of the Year Fifteen

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.

Vecciano is a full-bodied red with ripe red and black cherry aromas, supported by toasty spice notes. The palate delivers dense, rounded plum and black currant flavors, with elegant vanilla tones, fine tannins and a long, smooth finish.

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

Saracosa Governo is a medium- to full-bodied red wine with seductively ripe, red-fruit aromas, supported by toasty oak and sweet spice notes. Rich and well-rounded, the palate offers intense black cherry, chocolate raisin, and vanilla oak flavors. Long, velvety finish.

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

Bartolomeo Lorenzi Rosso Veronese is a medium-to full-bodied red with aromas of red cherry, red berries, cocoa and sweet spices. On the palate, it offers flavors of juicy cherry and ripe plum and a long, fresh finish.

Goat cheese, shellfish, chicken, pork, herb sauces, vegetarian.

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.

Purezza is a medium-bodied red wine with wild blackberry, raspberry and fresh violet aromas and flavors. The palate is silky-smooth and complex, with a long, vibrant finish.

Poultry (esp. dark meat), sausages, pasta in red sauce, bitter greens (chicory, kale), red meat.